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Colorado State 
Racing Coxntnission 




OFFICERS 
J.A.Burnett - ------- President 

D. L. Silver -------- Vice-President 

J. L. Beaman ------ Secretary-Treasurer 

COMMISSION 
J.A.Burnett - 410 E. «& C. Bldg., Denver, Colo. 
J. L. Beaman - Opera House Blk., Pueblo, Colo. 
Dr. a. p. Drew - - - - Grand Junction, Colo. 

D. L. Silver - ------ Lamar, Colo. 

Dr. M.J. Dunleavy, 1326 Acoma St., Denver, Colo. 




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OCT 31 ?914 



Racing La\^s and Rules 



ADOPTED BY THE 



CoJorado 
State Racing Commission 




The Colorado State Racing Commission is com- 
posed of five members appointed by the Governor 
under an Act of the General Assembly of the State 
of Colorado, passed 1913. 



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Rules Governing the State 
Racing Commission ox Colorado 



1. The officers of the Commission shall con- Officers of 
sist of a President, a Vice-President, a Commission. 
Secretary, and a Treasurer, to be elected 

by the Board, who shall serve until their 
successors are elected and qualified. 

2. The President shall preside at all meet- Duties of President, 
ings at which he is present. He may call 

a meeting of the Commission whenever he 
deems it advisable, and he shall call a 
meeting whenever requested to do so by 
any two members thereof. He shall coun- 
tersign all checks drawn on the funds of 
the Commission. 

3. The Vice-President shall preside at all Duties of Vice- 
meetings when the President is absent, if President. 

he, the Vice-President, be present, and he 
shall have the power to perform all other 
duties to be performed by the President 
when the President is absent from the State 
of Colorado. 

4. The Secretary shall perform all the Duties of Secre- 
duties required of him by the Act creating tary. 

the Commission, and he shall issue all 
checks drawn on its funds, and shall notify 
through the mail each member of the Com- 
mission of any meeting of the Commission 



Colorado State Racing Commission. 



Duties of 
Treasurer. 



Office of Com- 
mission. 



iVIeetings of Com- 
mission. 



Quorum. 



Notices of Meet- 
ings. 



Rules Governing. 



that is called by the President or Vice- 
President. 

5. The Treasurer shall be custodian of the 
funds of the Commission. He shall keep a 
strict account of all receipts and disburse- 
ments, and shall make a full report at the 
annual meeting, showing the financial con- 
dition of the Commission. 

6. The principal office and meeting place 
of the Commission shall be at Denver, 
Colorado, but special meetings may be held 
elsewhere in the State, either upon call of 
the President, or Vice-President, when the 
President is absent, or by any two members 
of the Commission, as hereinafter provided, 
or by resolution adopted at any regular 
meeting of the Commission. Regular meet- 
ings of the Commission shall be held in 
Denver, Colorado, on the third Tuesday in 
November each year. 

7. A majority of the Commission shall con- 
stitute a quorum at any meeting for the 
transaction of business. 

8. All notices of meetings of the Commis- 
sion shall be given through the mail, 
addressed to the residence of the members 
and deposited in the mail at least seventy- 
two hours in advance of the holding of the 
raeeting, 

RACING RULES. 
These rules govern all races over the 
the courses of the associations or corpora- 



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tions licensed by the State Racing Commis- 
sion. Whenever a case arises not covered 
by these rules, the rules of that particular 
association or corporation shall govern, 
provided they are not in conflict with these 
rules. 

Any rule adopted may be changed or how Rules are 
amended, by a majority of the full board. Amended, 
after thirty days' notice in writing, of such 
proposed change or amendment has been 
given to each member of the Commission. 

9. All associations making application for Application for 
a license from this Commission shall give Racing License, 
the names of the officers of their corpora- 
tion or association, and also submit to this 
Commission the names of the presiding Names of Officials, 
judge and starter of their meeting, when 
making application for racing dates, and 
no official shall act until his appointment 
has been approved by the Commission, pro- 
vided, in case of sickness or inability to 
act, the association may provide a tem- 
porary official subject to approval by the 
Racing Commission. 

10. All applications for racing dates must be Application for 
made in writing to the Secretary of this Racing Dates. 
Commission by the association or corpora- 
tion licensed by the Racing Commission at 
least thirty days prior to the first day of 
the proposed meeting. Said application 
shall be considered made when received at 
the office of the Secretary. 



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Fee for License. H- The fee or assessment for such license 

shall be in such amount as the Commission 
may determine at its annual meeting each 
year. Said license or fee shall be paid for 
before the license can be issued. 

Form of License. Said license shall be in the following 

form : 

The Form of License issued by the 
Colorado State Racing Commission to 
Racing Association shall be as follows: 

No [Under Act 1913] 

COLORADO STATE RACING 
COMMISSION 

LICENSE 

This Is to Certify, That on the day 

of 19 ... a license was granted 

to , by which 

it is authorized to hold race meetings on 

its course at at such times 

as the Commission shall assign and fix 
during the year 19. . This license is issued 
with the express conditions: 

First. That the corporation or associa- 
tion accepting same shall permit all owners 
and trainers not ruled off or suspended for 
fraud by a recognized meeting, to race over 
its course, subject to the general rules of 
racing. 

Second. That no racing official shall 
act at its meeting except by approval of 
the Racing Commission. 



Colorado State Racing Co:mmission. 

Third. This license is further condi- 
tioned that all races or race meetings con- 
ducted thereunder shall be subject to the 
rules and regulations and conditions, from 
time to time prescribed by the Commission, 
and shall be revocable by the Commission 
for any violation thereof, or whenever the 
continuance of such license shall be deemed 
by the Commission not conducive to the 
best interests of legitimate racing. 
Secretary. President. 

12. No license shall be issued for a longer Days of Racing, 
period than nineteen consecutive days, and 

no license shall be issued for a race meet- 
ing to be held in the same city until at 
least sixty days shall have elapsed since 
the date of the last meeting. 

13. It shall be the duty of the secretary of Report of Racing, 
each association to furnish to the Secretary 

of the State Racing Commission a full and 
complete report of all races held under 
their jurisdiction within five days of the 
close of their meeting. 

14. The associations licensed by this Com- Pool Rooms, 
mission shall not furnish to pool rooms or 

their agents any information whatever in 
regard to racing or permit to be furnished 
from its course any such information. 

15. All racing associations acting under the 
authority of this Commission are prohibited 
from allowing on their grounds during any 
racing meeting any telegraph or telephone 



Racing Information. 



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Pari-Mutuel. 



Veterinary Surgeon 
to be Employed. 



Drugs and Mechan- 
ical Appliances. 



wires, or other devices by which informa- 
tion can be disseminated, under penalty of 
forfeiture of their licenses. 

16. All racing associations licensed by this 
Commission are hereby instructed to per- 
mit only the pari-mutuel system on their 
grounds. 

Any violation of this rule will be pun- 
ished by revocation of their license. 

17. "Any one guilty of making a handbook 
on the grounds of any racing association 
licensed by this Commission during any 
race meeting thereof, shall be ejected from 
the grounds and denied further admission 
thereto, and any owner, trainer, jockey or 
other person interested in any horse, or 
horses at said race meeting who shall be 
guilty of betting with or through any such 
handbook, shall be ejected from the 
grounds, fined or suspended and the license 
of such persons who are licensed by this 
Commission shall be revoked." 

18. At a track located in a city in Colorado 
having a population of 100,000 or more, 
licensed by this Commission shall employ 
and pay a graduate veterinary surgeon, 
who shall be present on each racing day 
at the tracks of such associations. 

19. No injection of drugs shall be made, no 
drench of anything shall be administered, 
and no electrical, mechanical or other 
appliances other than the whip and spur 



Colorado State Racixg Commission. 11 

shall be used for the purpose of stimulat- 
ing a horse or affecting his speed in a race. 
Any person so offending shall be ruled off. 

20. Every person or horse expelled or ruled persons or horses 
off by any reputable turf authority for expelled from run- 
fraud, or by the American or National Trot- "'"^ and trotting 
ting Association, shall stand ruled off the *"''^* 
courses running under licenses issued by 
the Colorado State Racing Commission. 

When a person is ruled off the course, Persons ruled off or 
or expelled, every horse wholly or partially expelled cannot en- 
owned by him shall also be ruled off or '^'' °'' ''"" horse, 
expelled, so long as his sentence continues; 
he shall not be qualified, whether acting as 
agent or otherwise, to subscribe for, or to 
enter or to run any horse for any race, in 
either his own name or that of any other 
person, and no horse of which he is wholly 
or partly the owner, or which is under his 
care, management, training, or superin- 
tendence, or in the winnings of which he 
has any interest, shall be qualified to be 
entered or run in any race. And if an 
entry from any person, or of any horse 
that stands ruled off or expelled is received, 
such entry shall be void, and the money, if 
any, paid for such entry, refunded. And 
any money or prize won under said entry 
shall be returned by the party that received 
it. 



21. 



When a person is ruled off for any winnings, when 
fraudulent practice in relation to a partic- fraudulently won to 
ular horse, wholly or partially belonging ^^ returned. 



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to him, he shall return all money or prizes 
which such horse has fraudulently won. 

Final appeal. 22, A final appeal in case of "ruling off" of 

any owner, trainer, or jockey imposed by 
any corporation or association racing under 
a license issued by the State Racing Com- 
mission may be taken to the Racing Com- 
mission; provided, however, that said 
appeal is taken within thirty days after 
sentence is imposed by said corporation or 
association. 



Definitions of terms 
employed in rules. 



Horse. 



Age. 



Maiden. 



Race. 



DEFINITIONS. 

23, The definitions of terms employed in the 
Colorado State Racing Commission Rules 
of Racing are as follows; 

"Horse" includes mare, gelding, colt, or 
filly. 

The "age" of a horse is reckoned as 
beginning on the 1st of January in the year 
in which it is foaled. 

A "maiden" is one that has never, in 
any country, won a race on the fiat, other 
than a match or private sweepstakes, and 
a maiden which has been disqualified after 
having finished first is still a maiden. 

A "race" is a contest for "purse," 
"stake," premium, or wager for money, or 
admission fees, on any course, and in the 
presence of a judge or judges. 



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A "purse" is a race for money or other Purse, 
prize for which the entrance money, if any, 
must be paid, and every other condition 
complied with at the time of closing or In 
case of handicaps, at the time of accepting 
weights. 

A "sweepstakes" or "stakes" is a race Sweepstakes or 
publicly declared open to all complying stakes, 
with its conditions, to be fulfilled, wholly 
or in part, subsequent to its closing, or in 
handicaps subsequent to the acceptance of 
weight, and in which stakes are to be made 
for each horse engaged, but no "overnight 
event," whatever may be its conditions, 
shall be considered a sweepstakes within 
the meaning of this rule. 

A "private sweepstakes" is one made by Private Sweep- 
the owners of the horses engaged without stakes, 
having been publicly declared open to any 
others. 

A "match" is a private sweepstakes Match, 
made between two horses. If either party 
to a match dies or a head heat is run, the 
match is off. 

A race is still a "sweepstakes," "private 
sweepstakes," or a "match," respectively, 
when to the stakes is added money, cup, 
plate, or other prize. 

An "overnight event" is one for which Over-night event, 
the entries close, or if a handicap, accept- 



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Handicap. 



Free handicap. 



Owners' handicap. 



Post Race. 



Selling Race. 



Produce Race. 



Guaranteed Race. 



ances are to be made on the day preceding 
that on which it is to be run. 

A "handicap" is a race for which the 
horses are weighted according to their 
merits in the estimation of the handicapper 
for the purpose of equalizing their chances 
of winning. 

A "free handicap" is one in which no 
liability is incurred for entrance money, 
stake or forfeit, until acceptance of the 
weight allotted, either by direct acceptance 
or through omission to declare out. 

An "owners' handicap" is a race where- 
in the owner fixes, at the time of entry, the 
weight his horse is to carry. 

A "post race" is one for which the sub- 
scribers declare at the usual time before 
a race for declaring to start, the horse or 
horses they intend to run, without other 
limitation of choice than the racing rules 
and the conditions of the race prescribed. 

A "selling race" is one in which every 
horse entered "to be sold," if a loser, may 
be claimed, and if the winner, must be 
offered for sale by public auction. 

A "produce race" is one for which horses 
are named by whose produce the race is to 
be run. 

A "guaranteed race" is one for which an 
association guarantees by its conditions a 
specified sum, which shall be the limit of 



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its liability. However, if in any such race 
there should be any surplus from entries 
and subscriptions over the sum guaranteed, 
it shall also be paid to the winner, unless 
by the conditions it is to be paid to other 
horses in the race. 

A "race on the flat" is one run over a Flat Race, 
course in which no jumps or other obstacles 
are placed. 

A "walkover" is when two horses in Walkover, 
entirely different interests do not run for a 
stake. 

The "deciding heat" of a race is one Deciding heat, 
which, after two or more have been run, 
determines the result by the starters for 
that particular heat. 

"Place" in racing means first, second, or piace. 
third. 

"Weight for age" is the standard weight Weight for age. 
apportioned by these rules to horses accord- 
ing to their ages. 

"Feather weight" is seventy-five pounds. Feather weight. 

"Welter weight" is twenty-eight pounds Welterweight, 
added to weight for age. 

"Heavy welter weight" is forty pounds Heavy welter 
added to weight for age. weight. 

"Catch weight" is where the rider need Catch weight, 
not weigh either before or after the race. 



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Duration of meet- 
ing. 

Day. 

Month. 

Year. 

Owner. 



Nominator. 



Untried horse. 



Starter. 



Arrears. 



Decisions of 
Officials Final. 



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A "meeting" begins at 10 o'clock A. M. 
of the first day, and ends one hour after 
the last race of the last day. 

A "day" means twenty-four hours, end- 
ing at midnight. 

A "month" means a calendar month. 

A "year" means a calendar year. 

"Owner" includes part owner, but an 
interest in the winnings only of a horse 
shall not constitute ownership. 

The "nominator" is the person in whose 
name the horse is entered. 

An "untried horse" is one that has not 
produced a winner before a specified time. 

A horse is a "starter" for a race when 
it has left the paddock for the post. 

"Arrears" include all sums due for en- 
trance money, subscriptions, stakes, for- 
feits, jockey fees, fines, purchase money 
in races with selling conditions, and any 
default incident to these rules. 

GENERAL PROVISIONS. 

Every person who subscribes to a sweep- 
stakes, enters a horse, or in any way par- 
ticipates in any race or racing under these 
rules, thereby obligates himself to accept 
as final the decisions of the racing officials, 
including that of the Colorado State Racing 
Commission upon any question relating 
thereto. 



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25. At the discretion of officials, and without Entries may be re- 
notice, any entry or the transfer of any f"sed or trans- 

. V. c J ferred. 

entry may be refused. 

26. That the rules of the American Trotting Harness rules. 
Association shall govern all harness races 
conducted by any fair or racing association 

in Colorado. 

27. That all racing associations shall be system of racing, 
required to specify upon their speed pro- 
gram under which ''system" each race will 

be conducted. 

The speed program shall be interpreted Speed Program. 
to mean regularly advertised harness or 
running races conducted under regular 
standardized rules, and must be filed with 
the Secretary with application for license. 

28. In running races four or more horses in Four or more to 
entirely different interests must enter and start. 

start, or the race may be declared off. 

29. Conditions of races shall not conflict Conditions shall 
with the racing rules in any manner, nor "°* conflict with 

, „ ,, j.^. r T- J rules nor favor 

shall the conditions of a race be so made Worses of certain 
as to favor horses of a certain age over age. 
horses of any other age. 

30. No dash races shall be given for horses Length of Races, 
three years old and upwards of less than 
one-quarter of a mile. 

31. Walkover by any horse entitles him to Walkover. 
only one-half of the added money in stakes. 

32. No money shall be added to any race Length of two- 
exclusively for two-year-olds at a greater year- old races, 
distance than one mile. 



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Winners and losers 
in hurdle races and 
steeplechases. 

To be run over 
when run at wrong 
weight or distance. 



Stakes may be de- 
clared off or run 
over another 
course. 



Conditions 
maidens 



to 



Horses running 
dead heats consid- 
ered winners. See 
Rule 136. 



Postponement of 
races. 



33. Winners or losers of steeplechases or 
hurdle races shall not be considered win- 
ners or losers on the flat, and vice versa, 

34. A race run by all the horses at wrong 
weights or at wrong distance is void, and 
shall be run over, but at an interval of not 
less than twenty minutes, if the distance to 
be run is two miles or less, or of not less 
than thirty minutes if over two miles. 

35. In case of fire or accident, or for other 
reasons, after due public notice, all races 
or stakes may be declared off, and, when 
so declared off, all subscriptions and decla- 
ration money paid must be refunded; or 
they may be run off over another course; 
and when a special course is named in the 
conditions of a race, the officials of that 
course may substitute another of the same 
distance. 

36. Conditions referred to maidens shall 
mean maidens at the time of starting. 

37. Each horse that runs a dead heat for a 
race, or place, if for any cause the dead 
heat for first place is not run off, shall be 
deemed a winner of that race or place, and 
shall be liable as such winner to any pen- 
alty or disability attaching to the same and 
for the full amount that it would have 
received if it had won, and there had been 
no dead heat. 

38. When races are postponed, handicaps 
stand, but purse races are off, and may be 



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reopened and closed at the hour prescribed 
by the' rules. In case of postponement, Races may be 
associations may double up their races in doubled up. 
order to finish their meeting on the last 
day, so as not to interfere with the meet- 
ing of any other that may follow. No race Races not to be run 
or heat shall be run after sunset, but every '" dark, 
such race shall be continued by the judges 
to the next day (omitting Sunday) at such 
hour as they shall designate. 

39. A horse, after leaving the paddock for When a horse can 
the post, may be excused by the judges in ^^ excused. 

case of accident or casualty, but only in 
cases where they consider such horse crip- 
pled or disabled so as to be unfit to run, 
and in such case they may grant additional 
time. 

40. No one interested in the result of a race. Officials must not 
either because of ownership of any horse ^^ mterested in 
entered, or of its sire or dam, or otherwise, 

shall act as judge, starter, or official 
therein; for any violation of this rule, the 
guilty party, or parties, may be suspended 
or ruled off. 

41. A horse must be ridden out to win second Horses to be ridden 
and third, the same as first money. °"* ^°'' P'^^®- 

42. A horse or stable, whose entry is ordered Refusal of entry 
refused by any reputable Turf Association for inconsistent 
because of inconsistent racing, shall not be 

permitted to race on any track where these 
rules are in force, during the continuance 
of such ruling. 



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When two-year-old 
can compete in all 
age races. 



Horses must be 
registered and 
named. 

Change of horse's 
name. 



Entry of mortgaged 
horse prohibited, 
unless, etc. 



Horse must be duly 
entered. 



Eligibility, how de- 
termined at entry 
and at start. 



43. No two-year-old shall compete in any all- 
age race prior to August 1st. 

ENTRIES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS. 

44. No horse will be allowed to start unless 
duly registered and named through the 
Registry Office of the Jockey Club. In case 
the name of the horse is changed, the new 
name, together with the former name, shall 
be published in the Bulletin for at least 
thirty days, and in no case shall the former 
name be left off from its entry until after 
the horse has started five times. The vio- 
lation of any part of this rule may be suffi- 
cient cause for ruling off. 

45. Any person or persons who shall enter 
in a selling race a horse, mare or gelding 
on which a mortgage has been placed shall 
be ruled off, unless the written consent of 
the mortgagee is filed, prior to the entering 
of the horse, mare, or gelding with the 
Secretary of the Racing Association of the 
course on which the mortgaged horse may 
be entered or raced. 

46. A horse shall not be qualified to run for 
any purse or sweepstakes unless it has 
been and continues duly entered for the 
same; and, unless otherwise specified in 
the conditions of a race, any horse eligible 
at the time of entry shall continue to be 
qualified, except in an "overnight event," 
in which it must also be eligible at the 
time of the start. 



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47. In entering a horse it must be clearly 
identified by stating its age, name, if any, 
color (when possible), whether it is a horse, 
mare, or gelding, and the names of its sire 
and dam, and if the sire or dam is unnamed, 
such further pedigree or description as will 
distinguish the horse intended to be entered 
from all other horses. If its dam was cov- 
ered by more than one stallion, the names 
of all of them must be given in the order 
of service. 

No alteration or condition shall be made 
in any entry after the time fixed for closing, 
but an entry in any race may be corrected. 

48. Joint subscriptions and entries may be 
made by two or more owners. 

49. The person entering a horse thereby be- 
comes liable for the entrance money, stake 
or forfeit. 

50. The death of a horse, or a mistake in its 
entry, when eligible, does not release the 
subscriber or transferee from liability for 
stake or forfeit, and the entrance money to 
a purse that is run off shall not be returned 
on the death of a horse or its failure to 
start for any cause whatever. 

51. No entry, subscription, or rights of entry 
under it, shall become void on the death of 
the nominator or subscriber. 

52. No entry shall be received from husband 
or wife while the name of either remains 
in the forfeit list. 



Description of 
horse in entry. 



No altering entry 
after entry. 



Joint subscriptions 
and entries. 

Liability for stake 
and forfeits. 



Death or mistake 
in entry. 



Death of sub- 
scriber. 



Entry by husband 
or wife. 



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Sacrilegious and 

blasphemous 

names. 



53. No entry shall be received of any horse 
bearing a sacrilegious or blasphemous 



Entrance money, 
stakes, forfeits, 
etc., go to winner, 
unless, etc. 



How entry in purse 
race made. 



Names of owners 
and persons inter- 
ested in horse must 
be registered with 
secretary. 



Penalty for failure 
to so do. See Rule 
146. 



When entries 
close. 



54. The entrance money, forfeits, starting 
and subscription fees in every race shall 
go to the winner, unless otherwise provided 
in its conditions; but when, from any cause, 
a race is not run, all stake, declaration or 
entrance money, if any paid, shall be re- 
turned. 

55. Every entry in a purse race must be in 
the name of the person having ownership 
in the horse, and must be made in writing 
by the owner or trainer, or by some one 
deputed by him; and the full name of every 
person having an ownership in a horse, or, 
excepting the trainer's per cent, any in- 
terest in its winnings, must be registered 
with the Secretary before it starts at any 
meeting, as must be every change in such 
ownership or interest thereafter made dur- 
ing that meeting. Any failure to comply 
with this rule shall be punished by fine or 
suspension, and if an objection because of 
such default is duly made and sustained 
against a horse that has run in a race, its 
winnings in that race shall be forfeited to 
the horse that finished next behind him. 

56. Entries for purse races, the conditions 
of which have previously been published, 
shall close at the time advertised in such 
publication, and no entry shall be received 
after that time. 



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57. In the event the number of entries to starters to be de- 
any purse race is in excess of the number termined by lot. 
of horses that may, because of track limi- 
tations, be permitted to start, the starters 

for that race shall be determined by lot in 

the presence of those making the entries post positions. 

and the post positions shall be in the order 

in which they are drawn. The same meth- Split Races. 

ods shall be employed in determining the 

starters and post positions in split races. 

The Racing Secretary shall keep a list ^'^^ °^ ^°^s^s ^'"^- 
... ^ - - .. - inated to be kept, 

of horses eliminated from these races, and 

they are to have precedence in any race of 
the kind they may be entered in thereafter. 
Should a horse be eliminated twice consec- 
utively, he shall have precedence over any 
and all entries. 

58. Every horse entered for a purse must be Declaration in 
a "starter" unless it be declared out. purse race. 

59. The owner of a horse, which is prevented Must pay deciara- 
from starting in a purse race because of *'°" ^®^ '^ stopped 
his failure to pay the jockey fee for that ^ arrears. 

race, or arrears against him or his horse, 
shall be liable for the declaration fee, and 
he and his horse shall be suspended until 
same is paid. 

60. The entrance to a purse shall be free, Entrance free un- 
unless otherwise stipulated in its condi- '®ss otherwise stip- 
tions. If the conditions require an en- "'^*® " 

trance fee, it must accompany the entry, 
except for free handicaps, when it must 



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When and where 
entries and decla- 
ration to sweep- 
stakes close. 



Entries and decla- 
ration: how made 
in sweepstakes. 



Name and address. 



Entry in produce 
race and when 
void. 



be paid at the time of acceptance of the 
weight allotted. 

61. In the absence of notice to the con- 
trary, entries or declarations for sweep- 
stakes closing during or on the eve of a 
race meeting, close at the office of the 
Secretary at the course. 

When an hour for closing is desig- 
nated, entries and declarations for sweep- 
stakes cannot be received afterward; 
but, if an hour is not designated, they 
may be mailed or telegraphed up to mid- 
night of the day of the closing, provided 
they are received in time for compliance 
with every other condition of the race. 

62. Every entry and declaration in sweep- 
stakes shall be made in writing by the 
owner of the horse or of the engagement, 
or by a duly authorized agent, or may be 
made by telegram, which must, however, 
be confirmed at the earliest possible op- 
portunity, and in all cases before the 
time before declaring to start, or the 
horse shall not be allowed to start. 

63. The person making an entry to a stake 
must give his name in full and postoffice 
address. 

64. In making an entry for a produce race, 
the produce is entered by specifying the 
dam and sire, or sires. If a mare entered 
in a produce race drops her foal before 
the 1st of January, or if she has a dead, 



Colorado State Racing Commission. 25 

or more than one foal, or is barren, the 
entry of such mare is void, and the en- 
trance money (if any) shall be returned. 

65. If a miscarriage of any entry or decla- Entries miscarry- 
ration in a stake is alleged, satisfactory 'ig- 

proof that it was mailed or telegraphed 
must be presented within reasonable 
time, or it shall not be received. 

66. A subscriber to a sweepstakes is liable Subscriber and 

for the stake or forfeit. If he transfers transferee botii lia- 

an entry or right of entry therein to an- "^'^ ^°^ forfeit, ex- 

cept in produce 
other person, he and the transferee shall races, the condi- 
both be liable, but when the original sub- tion may release 
scriber shall pay such stake or forfeit, he the nominator. See 
shall be entitled to a forfeit order against ^"'^^ ^^' ^'^' '^°' ^'^' 

., . . .-i. . -u XV. 85, 172 and 173. 

the transferee, -except that, however, the 
conditions of produce races, or races for 
which nomination of foals are made, may 
provide that the nominator shall be re- 
leased from further liability by filing, 
prior to the time therein fixed, the proper 
evidence of the transfer, by public or pri- 
vate sale, of his entry and its engage- 
ment in that race. 

67. An entry in a sweepstakes is a sub- subscriptions to 
scription and cannot be withdrawn, but sweepstakes are 
before the time of closing, another horse "°* revocable, 
may be substituted. 

68. A person who subscribes to a sweep- Subscription trans- 
stakes before the time fixed for naming, ferabie. 

can transfer the right of entry under one 



26 Colorado State Racing Commission. 

or more of his subscriptions to any other 
person or persons. 

Starter in a sweep- 69. A horse shall not become a "starter" 
stakes. jj^ g^ sweepstakes unless it has been an- 

nounced as such to the Clerk of the 
Scales not less than forty-five minutes 
before the time appointed for the race. 

starting money and 70. A horse shall not become a "starter" 

arrears must be jqj. ^ rsice unless there has been duly 

paid before start- . , ^ , 

ing See Rule 66. P*^^^ ^^^ stake or entrance money pay- 

able in respect to that race, and also all 
arrears due from any person for such 
horse, or due from the person owning or 
starting said horse or other horses; but, 
if there be any such arrears, notice of the 
same must have been presented to the 
Clerk of the Scales before ten o'clock of 
the day upon which the horse is to start. 

Starter must pay 71. A starter in a race must pay its whole 
entrance, aitiiough stake or entrance, whether or not the 

judges may excuse . , ^ x? -j j. m. 

l^ , . . judges, on account of accident or casualty, 

horse from start- 
ing, excuse it from starting. 

Entrance, arrears 72. Any person, not having money to his 
and forfeits to be credit with the Secretary, must, before 

his horse can start, pay (in cash), if re- 
quired, to the Clerk of the Scales, all en- 
trance money, stakes and "arrears" then 
due by him, or on the horse he intends to 
start. 



paid before start 
ing 



Colorado State Racing Commission. 27 



73. If the Clerk of the Scales should allow Clerk of scales 

a horse to start in a race without its en- ^^^^" "^'^'^ ^°'' ^"■ 

, ,, . , - trance money, 

trance money or stake, and its jockey fee 

for a losing mount for that race having 

been paid, he shall be liable for it, but he 

may have a forfeit order for the same. 

74. The number of a horse must be ex- Number must be 
hibited as soon as practicable after it has exhibited, 
been announced by the starter. 

75. If a horse whose number has been ex- Horses must start 
hibited does not start and run the course, after number has 
the judges may call upon the owner, 

trainer or jockey for an explantion; 
and, if no satisfactory explanation be 
given, shall fine, suspend, or rule off the 
course, as the case may warrant. 

DECLARATIONS. 

76. The declaration of a horse out of an Declaration irrevo- 
engagement is irrevocable. cable. 

77. Declarations in sweepstakes shall be Declaration sweep- 
made in the same manner as is provided stakes. 

„ 1 • i • ..V, • X 4^1, d See Rule 62. 

for makmg entries therein to the Secre- 
tary, who shall record the day and hour 
of its receipt, and give early publicity 
thereto. 

78. Declarations in purse races must be Declaration in 
made by the owner, trainer or other per- purse races, 
son deputed by him, to the Secretary or 

assistant the day of the race, or at such 
time as he may appoint. 



28 Colorado State Racing Commission. 

Declaring one, de- 79. When a party, having more tnan one 
Clares all, except in horse entered in a purse, shall declare 

one out, he thereby declares all out, hut 
this rule shall not apply to handicaps. 



handicaps. 



Declaration fee 5 80. Declarations in purse races must be 
per cent. accompanied by five (5) per cent of the 

first money. 

When declaration 81. In purse races with more than eight 
'^ ^''^®" entries, owners may declare out to that 

number free of charge. The right to de- 
clare free shall be determined by lot if 
occasion should require. 

Division of decia- ^2. All declaration fees in purse races 
ration fees. shall go 60 per cent to the second horse 

and 40 per cent to the third horse. 

In heat races. 83. In case one horse distances the field 

in heat races, all entrance and declara- 
tion money must go with the purse. 

FORFEITS. 

Transfer to avoid 84. If any transfer of a horse or engage- 
forfeits and dis- ment is made for the purpose of avoid- 
quaiification. ^^^ payment of forfeits or disqualifica- 
tion, the person making or receiving such 
transfer may be fined or ruled off. 

Proof of ownership 85. The officers of an association shall 
may be demanded. have power to call on any person in 

whose name a horse is entered to pro- 
duce proof that the horse entered is not 
the property, either wholly or in part, of 
any person who owes a forfeit, or is other- 



Colorado State Racing Commission. 29 

wise disqualified, or to produce proof of 
the extent of his interest or property in 
the horse, and in default of such proof 
being given to their satisfaction, may de- 
clare the horse out of the race. 



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Colorado State Racixg Commissiox. 



SCALE OF WEIGHTS. 

86. The following is the scale of weights for age, and shall 
be carried when not otherwise specified in the conditions 
of the races: 



Distance 


AGE 


a 

•-9 


>> 

1 




1 

< 


>> 


*-9 


^ 

3 
•^ 


CO 

< 




S3 

t 
O 


Pi 

Xi 

S 

o 


i 


3^ 


r 2 years 
















93 


96 


99 


99 


99 


1 3 " 


104 


106 


107 


109 


1101111 


113 


115 


116 


117 


117 


117 


MILE 


1 4 " 


116 


117 


119 


1211122 


1221122 


122 


122 


122 


122 


122 




L 5, 6 and aged 


120 


121 


123 


1241125 


124 


122 


122 


122 


122 


122 


122 


M 


f 2 years 
















88 


91 


94 


97 


99 


J 3 " 


104 


107 


109 


110 


no 


111 


113 


115 


116 


117 


117 


117 


MILE 


1 4 " 


119 


119 


1201121 


122 


122 


122 


122 


122 


122 


122 


122 




L 5, 6 and aged 


122 


122 


123 


124 


1241124 


124 


122 


122 


122 


1221122 


1 


r 2 years 














84 


87 


90 


92 


93 


J 3 " 


104 


104 


1061106 


106 107 


109 


111 


112 


113 


113 


113 


MILE 


1 4 " 


119 


119 


1201121 


1221122 


122 


122 


122 


122 


122 


122 




L 5, 6 and aged 


124 


124 


124 


125 


126 


126 


124 


124 


122 


122 


122 


122 


13^ 


2 years 


















79 


82 


82 


82 


3 " 


104 


104 


104 


104 


104 


105 


107 


109 


110 


111 


111 


111 


MILES 


i 4 


120 


120 


120 


121 


122 


122 


122 


122 


122 


122 


122 


122 


5 " 


124 


124 


125 


126 


127 


1261125 


124 


124 


124 


124 


124 




t 6 and aged 


125 


125 


126 


127 


128 


127 


126 


125 


124 


124 


124 


124 


2 


f 2 years 




















79 


79 


79 


3 " 


99 


99 


100 


101 


102 


103 


105 


107 


108 


109 


109 


109 


MILES 


-< 4 


119 


119 


120 


121 


122 


122 


122 


122 


122 


122 


1221122 


5 


125 


125 


126 


1271128 


127 


126 


125 


124 


1241124 


124 




t 6 and aged 


126 


126 


127 


128J129 


128 


127 


126 


125 


124 


124 


124 


2M 


r 3 years 


98 


98 


99 


100 


101 


102 


104 


106 


107 


108 


108 


108 


J 4 " 


119 


119 


120 


121 


122 


122 


122 


122 


122 


122 


122 


122 


MILES 


1 ^ " 


126 


126 


127 


128 


129 


128 


127 


126 


125 


124 


124 


124 




L 6 and aged 


127 


127 


128 


129 


130 


129 


128 


127 


126 


125 


125 


125 


3 


f 3 years 


94 


97 


98 


99 


100 


101 


103 


105 


106 


107 


107 


107 


J 4 " 


118 


119 


120 


121 


1221122 


122 


122 


122 


122 


122 


122 


MILES 


1 ^ " 


125 


126 


127 


128 


1301129 


128 


127 


126 


125 


125 


125 




L 6 and aged 


127 


128 


129 


130 


13111301129 

1 


128 


127 


126 


126 


126 


4 


r 3 years 


94 


96 


97 


98 


991100 


102 


104 


105 


106 


106 


106 


J 4 " 


118 


119 


120 


121 


122 122 


122 


122 


1122 


122 


122 


122 


MILES 


1 5 " 


126 


1271128 


129 


131 130 


129 


1128 


1127 


126 


126 


126 




L 6 and aged 


127 


1281129 


131 


132|131 


130 


1129 


1128 


1271127 


127 



In races of intermediate lengths, the weights for the shorter distance shall be 
carried. 



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Three-year-olds. 

Allowance in heat 
races. 

Sex allowances. 



In a race exclusively for two-year-olds, Two-year-olds, 
the weight shall be 118 pounds. 

In a race exclusively for three-year- 
olds, the weights shall be 122 pounds. 

In heat races there shall be allowance 
of 5 pounds from the scale of weights. 

Excepting in handicaps, fillies two 
years old and geldings of all ages, shall 
be allowed 3 pounds, and fillies and 
mares three years old and upward shall 
be allowed 5 pounds before September 1st, 
and 3 pounds thereafter. 

All two-year-olds shall carry not less 
than eighty pounds; three-year-olds, 
eighty-seven pounds; four-year-olds and 
upwards, one hundred pounds, in any 
race including apprentice' allowance. 
Fillies and geldings shall in all cases be 
entitled to sex allowance. 



Minimum weights. 



JOCKEYS. 



87. If a jockey intends to ride over- Overweight must 
• 1-^1- i J 1 4.U „^^„^<^ be announced and 

weight, he must declare the amount ^^aii not disqualify, 
thereof at the time of weighing out, but gee Rules 109 and 
no jockey shall pass the scales with more 233. 
than one pound overweight without the 
consent of the owner and trainer of the 
horse he is to ride. And in no case shall 
the jockey pass the scale more than 5 
pounds overweight — but no horse shall 
be disqualified because of any overweight 
it may have carried — and any overweight 
or any change of weight from that given 



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Colorado State Racixg Commission. 



Weighing out. 



Fee for losing 
mount must be 
paid before jockey 
will be weighed 
out. See Rule 59. 



on the official program shall be publicly 
posted. 

88. Every jockey who is to ride in a race 
shall weigh at the appointed time and 
place, unless especially excused by the 
judges, or his horse shall be declared out 
of the race. No person shall be admitted 
to the weighing room except owners, train- 
ers and jockeys. 

89. No jockey, except when riding for his 
contract employer, shall be weighed out 
for any race unless there has been de- 
posited for him with the Clerk of the 
Scales the fee for a losing mount in that 
race; and the Clerk of the Scales shall 
keep the accounts of the jockeys, pay 
over to them the money collected, unless 
he has notice to the contrary, and for his 
services shall receive two per cent of the 
amount collected. The failure to deposit 
this fee for the jockey engaged for any 
horse shall declare it out of the race. 



Whips and bridle 
must not be 
weighed. 



Valets, to be fur- 
nished by Associa- 
tion. 



90. Jockeys must weight out and in with- 
out whip or bridle, and a bridle used in 
races shall not exceed two pounds, or a 
whip one pound in weight. 

91. No jockey shall be allowed a valet. 
The associations shall make the neces- 
sary arrangements for attendance upon 
jockeys, and said attendants shall be paid 
for their services by the associations from 



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an assessment levied upon and collected 
from the jockeys. 

92. All riders must be dressed in jockey Dress of jockeys, 
costumes, cap and jacket of silk, satin or 
water-proof, white or light-colored 

breeches, and top boots. 

93. Each jockey shall wear a number on Jockey numbers, 
his arm and saddle cloth, corresponding 

with the number of his horse on the pro- 
gram of the day. 

94. If a horse run in a hood, martingales Blinkers, hood and 
or blinkers, it must be included in the "martingale, 
jockey's weight. 

FROM POST TO FINISH. 

95. Every trainer who does not have his Dilatory trainer to 
horse promptly at the post at the time be fined, 
appointed for the race shall be fined. 

96. After the horses are ordered to the Persons allowed on 
starting post, and until the judges direct course during race, 
the gates to be reopened, all persons, ex- 
cept the racing officials, shall be ex- 
cluded from the course. 



97. 



The position of horses in starting shall Position of horses 

be determined by lot by the officials. The starting; how de- 

starter shall place vicious or unruly horses *ermined; vicious 

.-. . , . , , , and unruly horses 

on the extreme outside, and the start shall «,h»ro oi^Lh 

not be delayed on their account. 



where placed. 



98. 



The winner of a heat shall, at the next Position of win- 
start have the inside position, and the "^rs of heat. 
others shall take their positions to the 



34 Colorado State Racing Commission. 

right in the order in which they came 
out in the previous heat. 

Horses in hands of g^ ^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ starter 

starter. 

shall receive no further care from his at- 
tendants. 

Horse started by iQO. The horse must be started by the jockey, 
i^^^^y- but with the sanction of the starter it 

may be led to its position, and it must be 
free of all hands other than those of the 
jockey before the starter releases the bar- 
rier. The jockey must not dismount, ex- 
cept to remedy insecure equipments. 

Accident at post. 101. If an accident happens to any rider or 
his equipment, except while repeating 
heats, the starter may grant a delay not 
exceeding fifteen minutes, which, in ex- 
treme cases, may be extended by the 
When jockey may judges. During such delay, the jockeys 

dismount. j^g^y dismount and their horses be given 

up to their attendants. 

The rider only to 102. No person other than the rider shall be 
start or assist permitted to strike a horse or attempt by 

horse to start. , ^. ,-, • . . i. -x • ^ 

shoutmg or otherwise to assist it in get- 
No one shall point ting a start. Nor shall any person stand 
out path. in the track to point out a path for the 
rider, under the penalty of exclusion from 
the course for either offense. 

Leading horse en- 103. A leading horse is entitled to any part 

titled to any part of t^^ track, but if it swerve, or is ridden 

°^ ^^^^^- to either side so as to interfere with or 

impede another horse, it is a foul, and 



Colorado State Racing Commission. 35 

such horse shall be disqualified, whether Willful and care- 
the foul was willful or the result of care- '®ss riding, 
less riding, and if the judges believe it was 
intentional, they shall fine and suspend the 
guilty jockey. 

104. The judges must take cognizance of foul Complaints of foul 
riding, whether complaint is made or not, riding. 

and no complaint shall be received from 
any person except the jockey, trainer or 
owner of the horse interfered with. 

105. When a horse is disqualified under this Extent of disquaii- 
rule, any other horse in the race belong- f'cation. 

ing wholly or in part to the same owner, 
is also disqualified. 

106. Every jockey must, immediately after Weighing in. 
pulling up his horse, ride to the place of 

weighing and there dismount, after obtain- 
ing permission from the judges, and be 
weighed by the Clerk of the Scales; pro- 
vided that if the jockey be prevented from 
riding to the place of weighing by reason 
of accident or illness, by which he or his 
horse is disabled, he may walk or be car- 
ried to the scales, or may be excused from 
weighing by the judges. 

107. No person shall assist the jockey in Jockey not to be 
taking his equipment off his horse, ex- assisted. 

cept by the permission of the judges. 

108. No person shall throw any covering over Covering, 
any horse at the place of dismounting until 

its equipment shall have been removed. 



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Colorado State Racing Commission. 



Two pounds short 109. 
of weight disquali- 
fies. 



Jockey short of 
weight. 



Permission to dis- 
mount. 



110. 



Ill 



Trainer and jockey 112 
license. 



Trainers and 
jockeys. 



113 



Apprentice, when 
not required to 
apply. 



114 



A horse should bring in its weight out, 
and, if short of it by two pounds or more, 
it shall be disqualified. 

If a jockey does not present himself to 
be weighed in, or does not bring in his 
proper weight, or is guilty of any careless 
practice with respect to weight or weigh- 
ing; or 

If he dismounts before obtaining permis- 
sion, or touches (except accidentally) any 
other person or thing other than his own 
equipments, before weighing in, he shall 
be fined or suspended unless he can satisfy 
the judges that he was justified by extraor- 
dinary circumstances. 

TRAINER AND JOCKEY LICENSES. 

Any person who desires to train or ride 
any horse upon the tracks licensed by the 
Racing Commission, shall first procure 
from the Racing Commission a license to 
so train or ride. 

In cases of emergency, a trainer or a 
jockey may be permitted to pursue his 
vocation pending action upon his applica- 
tion, but a jockey or a trainer having been 
suspended or ruled off and subsequently 
reinstated after the expiration of his li- 
cense, shall not be permitted to pursue his 
vocation until a license has been granted. 

An apprentice shall not be required to 
apply for a jockey's license until after the 
expiration of his apprentice license. 



Colorado State Racixg Commission. 



37 



115. A boy who has never ridden a winner 
may be granted an apprentice license for 
one year upon the application of his em- 
ployer, and the apprentice shall not be 
permitted to ride for any one except his 
employer without his employer's permis- 
sion. 

The license shall be prima facie evi- 
dence of the employment of the apprentice. 

116. Any person who shall start a horse 
trained by any one not a licensed trainer 
or permit it to be ridden by any one not 
a licensed jockey or apprentice, shall be 
fined or suspended and shall also be such 
person who so trained or rode the horse; 
and if an objection is duly made and sus- 
tained that a horse which had run in any 
race was so trained or ridden, then its 
winnings in that race shall be forfeited to 
the horse that finished next behind it. 

117. Every license granted shall be for not 
more than one year, ending the 31st of 
December of the year for which it is is- 
sued. The fee must accompany the appli- 
cation and shall be ten dollars for each 
trainer, ten dollars for each jockey, and 
one dollar for each apprentice jockey. 

118. Upon each application two reputable 
persons must certify that they know the 
applicant and believe him to have a good 
reputation for sobriety and honesty and 
to be capable and fitted for the vocation 
which he desires to follow. 



Apprentice license. 



Horse not trained 
or ridden by 
licensed trainer or 
jockey. 



License not more 
than one year. 



License 
mended. 



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Colorado State Racing Commission. 



License revoked. 119. The license of any one ruled off the 
turf for fraud or fraudulent practices shall 
thereby be revoked. 

License revoked. 120. Any license may be revoked for good 
and sufficient cause by a majority of the 
members of the Racing Commission of 
which notice shall be given by the Secre- 
tary of the Commission. 

License, boy under 121. No boy under thirteen years of age or 
age or weight. q^q ^j^q weighs less than seventy (70) 

pounds shall be granted a license by this 

Commission. 



Apprentice allow- 
ance. 



Fraudulent trans- 
fer of horse. 



122. A boy who has of his own free will, 
with the consent of his parents, parent 
or guardian bound himself as an appren- 
tice to any owner or trainer, for a term 
of not less than three years, by written 
contract, a certified copy of which shall 
be lodged with the State Racing Commis- 
sion, may claim a five pound allowance, 
when riding for his contract employer in 
all selling races, and shall be allowed three 
pounds in handicaps during the year for 
which his license has been granted. Ap- 
prentices riding for owners other than 
their contract employers shall not be en- 
titled to any allowance. Allowance under 
this rule must be claimed at time of entry 
in selling races and at time of declaration 
in handicaps. 

123. Any sale or transfer of a horse or 
horses for the purpose of obtaining an 



Colorado State Racing Commission. 

apprentice allowance shall be punishable 
by fine, suspension or expulsion. 

124. Any one acting as starter at any fair or starter, 
race meeting in this state must first pro- 
cure a license from this Commission. The 
fee for said license shall be five dollars. 



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STARTER AND HIS DUTIES. 

125. The starter may give all such orders Authority of starter 
and take all such measures not in con- to secure fair start, 
flict with the rules of racing as are nec- 
essary to secure a fair start, and must 

order the horses to draw up in line, as 
far behind the starting post as he thinks 
necessary, but not exceeding seventy 
yards, and from that point walk up until 
the starter releases the barrier, when they 
break and run the race. 

126. He shall have authority to fine or sus- Suspension of 
pend a jockey for disobedience of his Jocl<ey and extent 
orders, or for attempting to take any un- ^'^^° " 

fair advantage. Such suspension shall 
take effect from the close of the day's 
racing on which it was given, and, dur- 
ing suspension, the jockey shall ride for 
no one, not even his contract employer. 
Said suspension, however, shall not extend 
beyond ten racing days, without the ap- 
proval of the judges. 

127. The starter shall report all fines, sus- Fines, etc., to be 
pensions and other punishments to the reported by starter, 
secretary of the association in writing. 



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Colorado State Racing Commission. 



Fees and fines. 



Abusive language 
by starter, etc. 



Start, how made. 



Only one horse 
same interest to 
start. 

When a horse is 
distanced. 



128. All fines shall be paid to the Treasurer 
of the Colorado State Racing Commission 
within ten days after the close of the meet- 
ing. 

129. With the sanction of the officers of the 
association, the starter may appoint his 
assistants; but neither he nor his assist- 
ants shall carry a whip, stick or rod, nor 
shall they strike a jockey or horse at the 
post; nor shall they take hold of a horse 
at the post, except to lead it to its position; 
nor shall the starter or his assistants use 
abusive language toward a jockey, and for 
each violation of this rule the judges shall 
impose a fine of not less than fifty (50) 
dollars upon the starter. 

130. The horses shall be started by a machine 
or flag, or by both, and there shall be no 
start until, and no recall after, the starter 
has dropped the flag, and if no flag is used, 
there shall be no start until, and no recall 
after, the starter has raised the barrier. 

HEAT RACES. 

131. No person shall start more than one 
horse of which he is wholly or in part the 
owner in a race of heats. 

132. All horses whose heads have not reached 
the distance post as soon as the leading 
horse arrives at the winning post are dis- 
tanced, but as proof of the fact the Distance 
Judge must have dropped his flag in answer 
to the judges' flag. 



Colorado State Racing Commission. 41 

133. In heats of three-quarters of a mile, A distance, 
twenty-five yards shall be a distance. 

In heats of one mile, thirty yards shall 
be a distance. 

In heats of two miles, fifty yards shall 
be a distance. 

In heats of three miles, sixty yards shall 
be a distance. 

In heats of four miles, seventy yards 
shall be a distance. 

In a deciding heat there shall be no Deciding heat, no 
distance. distance. 

134. The time between heats shall be: Time between 

In heats of three-quarters of a mile, heats, 
twenty minutes. 

In heats of one mile, twenty minutes. 

In heats of two miles, twenty-five 
minutes. 

In heats of three miles, thirty-five 
minutes. 

In heats of four miles, forty minutes. 

135. In a race of heats, best two in three, a Heats, Running of. 
horse that actually wins two heats, or dis- See Rule 98. 
tances the field, wins the race. A horse 

running in two consecutive heats, without 
winning or running a dead heat, cannot 
again start in the race. A dead heat is a 
heat against every horse in the race except 
those making it, and in their favor to the 
extent only of allowing them to start in 
the next heat or heats unless the race is 
decided or they are distanced therein. 
When a race is won by two heats the pref- 



42 Colorado State Racing Commission. 

erence of the horses is determined by the 
place they get in the second. If more than 
two heats are run, the horses starting for 
the deciding heat shall only be placed. 

In a race of heats, best three in five, a 
horse that actually wins the three heats or 
distances the field, wins the race. A horse 
running in any three consecutive heats, 
without winning or running a dead heat, 
cannot again start in the race. A dead 
heat is a heat against every horse in the 
race except those making it, and in their 
favor to the extent only of allowing them 
to start in the next heat or heats, unless 
the race is decided or they are distanced 
therein. When a race is won by three 
heats, the preference of the horses is deter- 
mined by the place they get in the third 
heat. If more than three heats are run, the 
horses starting for the next heat shall alone 
be placed. Horses started and drawn 
before the race of heats is won are held to 
be distanced. 
Horses, how Horses shall be placed in the race in the 

placed. position in which they passed the judges 

in the deciding heat. 

A horse not placed in a deciding heat 
can have no place in the race; nor can 
such horse have any portion of the purse 
or prize; provided there is no third money, 
in which case the third horse in the race of 
heats shall not be deprived of third money, 
if ruled out for not winning a heat in two, 



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Colorado State Racing Co:mmission. 43 

three or more heats, as the case may he. 
The disqualification of a horse in a decid- 
ing heat shall not prevent it from having 
a place in the race. 

DEAD HEATS. 



136. In races not of heats, unless it is a Dead heats, when 

deciding heat, a dead heat for the first to be run off. See 
i place shall be run off at an interval of not "^"'^ * 

less than twenty minutes, unless the race 
t admits of division, and the owners agree to 
.J divide, or all the horses making the dead 

heat but one is withdrawn, then the one 

remaining in shall take first money only, 

but those withdrawn shall also be consid- 
ered winners as if they had divided. In a 

race for two-year-olds the owners shall 

divide. The other horses shall be deemed 

to have been beaten, but they shall be 

entitled to their places (if any), as if the 

race had been finally determined the first 
J time. 



137. If a dead heat be run by two or more Dead heats for sec- 
horses for second or any lower place in a °"^ °'' lower 
race, the owners shall divide, subject to ^ ^^^' 

the rules applicable to objection, when the 
winner is objected to. 

138. When owners divide, they shall divide How and when 
equally all the moneys and other prizes owners can and 
which any of them could take if the dead ^3""°* divide, 
heat was run off; and if they cannot agree 

as to which of them is to have a cup or 
other prize, which cannot be divided, they 



44 Colorado State Racing Commission. 

shall draw lots for it, but owners cannot 
divide in a race of heats, unless it is for a 
deciding heat or in any race where division 
would conflict with any of its conditions. 

Disqualification, 139. If in running a dead heat off, either 
extent of in dead horse should be disqualified, it shall be 

^®^*' decided by the judges whether that dis- 

qualification shall extend to the loss of the 
second or other place. 

Same jockey to 140. In running off a dead heat, the rules as 

'''^®- to declarations of overweight, weighing out 

and weighing in shall apply, but the horses 

shall carry the same weight and the same 

jockeys ride as in the dead heat. 

Division in selling 141, In selling races, if owners should agree 
^^^^^- to divide, the horses making the dead heat, 

if entered to be sold, shall be offered sepa- 
rately at public auction, and any excess 
that may arise shall be divided equally 
between the third horse and the associa- 
tion, but all horses running a dead heat 
shall be considered winners of the race and 
the price for which each horse is entered 
to be sold shall be increased by the differ- 
ence between the value of the purse or 
stakes it actually gets and the value of the 
purse or stakes that would have gone to 
the winner if the race had been won out- 
right by one horse. 

if owners disagree 142. If the owners of the horses making the 
as to division, not ^g^d heat do not agree to divide, they shall 

compelled to run. ^^^ ^^ required to run it off, but the first 



Colorado State Racing Commission. 45 

money shall be awarded to the owner that 
insists upon running, and to the other re- 
fusing shall be given the second money; 
but all horses running the dead heat, if so 
entered, shall be sold, and considered win- 
ners of the race, and the price for which 
each horse is entered to be sold shall be 
increased by the difference between the 
value of the purse or stakes it actually gets 
and the value of the purse or stakes that 
would have gone to the winner if the race 
had been won outright by one horse. 

Should one of the horses running the 
dead heat be entered not to be sold, the 
one entered to be sold shall be offered, and 
the surplus, if any, shall be disposed of as 
above. 

OBJECTIONS. 

143. Every objection, unless otherwise pro- When made; by 
vided, must be made within forty-eight whom decided, 
hours after the race is run, and shall be 

determined by the judges of that meeting. 

144. Every objection must be made by the By, to whom and 
owner, trainer or jockey of some other how, made, 
horse engaged in the same race, or by the 

officials of the course, and on race days 
must be made to one of the judges, and at 
other times to the secretary of the associa- 
tion. 

The person to whom an objection is 
made may require it to be in writing and 
signed. 



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Every objection 'which can not be de- 
cided by the judges during the meeting 
must be made in writing and lodged with 
the secretary of the association. 
Withdrawal of. An objection made in writing can not 

be withdrawn without permission from the 
officers of the association. 

To matters occur- 145, An objection to a horse on the ground 
ring in races. ^j j|-g j^^^ having run the proper course, or 

of any otlier matters occurring in the race 
(except as otherwise provided) must be 
made before the official numbers of the 
horses placed in the race are put up. 

On account of un- 146. An objection to a horse that has run in 
licensed trainer or ^ race on the ground that it was not trained 
jockey, and failure ^^ ridden by a licensed trainer or jockey, 

to register owner- ^^ j. j., ^ ^^ ^-u r, ■ 

ship See Rule 55. ^^ ^^^^ the names of all those havmg 

ownership in it or an interest in its win- 
nings, have not been registered with the 
secretary, must be made not later than the 
day after that upon which the race was run. 

Effect of, if valid. 147. If an objection to a horse which has won 
or been placed in a race be declared valid, 
the horse shall be regarded as distanced in 
races of heats, and as last in other races, 
and the other horses shall take their places 
accordingly. 

Judges may order 148. The judges shall have power at any time, 
examination and either upon or without objection being 

call for proofs of made, to order an examination of such 

age of horses. ^, j.-, • , ^. j. 

person or persons as they thmk ht, as to 

the age of any horse entered for a race, or 



Colorado State Racixg Commission, 47 

which has run for a race, and shall with- 
hold any money the horse or his owner may 
have won until such examination is made, 
and if the horse be declared to be of a 
wrong age, the expense of such examina- 
tion shall be paid by the owner; otherwise 
it shall be paid by the person (if any) at 
whose request the examination is ordered, 
or by the association, as the judges direct, 

149, When a dead heat is run for second place, in case of dead 
and an objection is made to the winner of heat for second 
the race, if such objection be declared valid P'ace. 

in time for the dead heat to be run off on 
the day of the race, the judges may direct 
it to be run off accordingly; otherwise, the 
horses which run a dead heat shall divide 
equally or draw lots for an indivisible 
prize, and each horse which divides shall 
be liable to the penalties attaching to the 
winner of the race. 

150, An objection on the ground of fraudulent To entry, when to 
or willful misstatement or omission in the ^^ made in case of 
entry under which a horse has run, or on "^^^ " 

the ground that the horse which ran was 
not the horse which he was represented to 
be in the entry or at the time of the race, 
or was not of the age which he was repre- 
sented to be, may be received at any time 
within twelve months after the race, 

151, If by reason of an objection to a horse. Recovery of money 
a race or place is awarded to another, its ^^[^ °^®'' before 
owner can recover the money for such °^J®'=*'°"- 



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Money held until 
decision is ren- 
dered. 



Penalties attach to 153. 
both horses claim- 
ing races pending 
objection. 



When frivolous. 



Expenses; by 
whom paid. 



race or place from those who wrongfully 
received it, and, in case of default, shall 
be entitled to a forfeit order. 

152. Pending the determination of an objec- 
tion any money or prize which the horse 
objected to may have won or may win in 
the race shall be withheld until the objec- 
tion is determined, and any forfeit payable 
to the owner of any other horse shall be 
paid to the Secretary, and held for the 
person who may be determined to be 
entitled to it. 

Pending the disposal, by the racing 
officials, of any objection, both the horse 
which finished first, and any horse for 
which the race is claimed, shall be liable 
to all penalties attaching to the winner of 
that race until the matter is decided. 

154. If the officers of the association or the 
judges decide an objection to be frivolous, 
they may fine the person making it or rule 
him off. 

155. All costs and expenses relating to deter- 
mining an objection shall be paid by the 
person decided against. 



Objection after 
sale. 



OBJECTION IN SELLING RACES. 

156. Subject to the rules relating to objec- 
tions, the following special provisions shall 
apply to selling races: 

157. If the objection has not been made until 
after the horse has been bought, the person 



Colorado State Racixg Commission. 49 

who bought him shall, if the objection is 
declared valid, have the option of return- 
ing him or retaining him at the selling 
price, and any money returnable by reason 
of the exercise of such option, whether 
price or surplus, shall be repaid by those 
to whom it has been paid over, and, in case 
of default, the person to whom it is due 
shall have a forfeit order for the same. 

158. If the objection has been made before the Before sale, 
horse has been bought, the time for deliv- 
ering, but not for selling it, is thereby post- 
poned until such time after the determina- 
tion of the objection by the judges, and, if 

the objection is declared valid, the person 
who bought it in shall have the same option 
as in the last mentioned case. 

159. If the objection be declared valid before Liability to be sold, 
the close of the races of the same day, the ends day of race, 
horse to whom the race is given shall then 

be sold by auction, if it be a condition of 
the race that the winner is to be thus sold, 
and any surplus resulting from Its sale and 
from the previous sales of the horse ob- 
jected to, shall be treated as surplus from 
the sale of the winner, and be divided 
accordingly; but liability to be sold shall, 
in all cases, end with the day of the race. 

SELLING RACES. 

160. Every horse entered "to be sold" that Division of money, 
runs in a selling race shall, if the winner, 

be sold by public auction immediately after 



50 Colorado State Racing Commission. 

the race, and one-half of any surplus over 
the selling price shall go to the second 
horse and the other half to the association. 
If sold, the horse shall not leave the 
place of sale until authorized hy the judges 
to do so; and if the horse be not paid for, 
or the secretary be not satisfied with the 
security, he may order the horse to be put 
up a second time, and the purchaser at the 
first sale shall be responsible for any 
deficiency arising from the second sale. 

Claiming. 161. The other horses starting may be 

claimed for the selling price plus the value 
of the stake or purse, by the owners of 
horses running in the race, or their author- 
ized agent, but for such owner's account 
only. 

Every claim must be in writing and 
sealed and filed with the clerk of the 
scales within fifteen minutes after the 
result of the race is announced. The owner 
of the third horse shall have the prior 
claim, and then other owners may claim, 
and if more than one should claim the 
same horse, they shall cast lots for priority 
in the presence of the judges. No owner 
can claim his own horse, or more than one 
horse. If the judges should be of the 
opinion that an owner is not claiming for 
his own account, they shall require him to 
make affidavit that he is doing so. 

Only one horse in 162. In selling purses not more than one 
same interest can j^^^.^^ .^ ^-^^ ^^^^^ interest or under control 

start. 



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of the same trainer can start. If two or 
more should be entered, the first one re- 
corded from the entry box shall be eligible 
to start. 
1G3. The price of every horse sold or claimed 
must be paid to the clerk of the scales 
within fifteen minutes after the sale or 
claim is decided, and an order be given by 
him for the delivery of the horse. 

164. Any person who refuses to deliver a 
horse entered to be sold, or one bought or 
claimed in a selling race, shall be ruled off, 
as shall be the horse also. 

165. Any person offering or entering into an 
agreement to bid or not to bid, or attempt 
to prevent another person from bidding on 
the winner of a selling race, or claiming 
any horse in such race, or attempt by in- 
timidation to prevent any one from running 
a horse in any race for which it is entered, 
or demand any portion of the surplus from 
the owners of the horses which are entitled 
to it, or any owners running horses in a 
selling race who may make an agreement 
for the protection of each other's horses 
shall be ruled off. 

166. Any person who fails to pay for a horse 
bought or claimed in a selling race, within 
fifteen minutes after the sale or claim has 
been made, shall forfeit his right to the 
horse, and shall be fined, suspended or 
ruled off by the judges; but the owner may 
still require that the horse shall be taken 



Payment and order. 



Refusal to deliver 
horses. 



Agreements as to 
bidding or not bid- 
ding, etc., or to in- 
timidate from run- 
ning, etc. 



Failure to pay for 
horse bought or 
claimed. See Rule 
172. 



52 Colorado State Racing Commission. 

and paid for by the purchaser or claimant, 
who, if he fail or refuse to do so, shall be 
suspended until he makes good his default 
to the owner. 

Liens on horses 167. An}^ person who shall enter or run a 
must be known at horse or allow a horse to be entered in a 

time of entry. selling race while any claim is held against 

such horse, either as a bill of sale, chattel 
mortgage or lien of any nature by any one, 
without making the fact known at the time 
of entry, shall be considered guilty of fraud, 
and shall immediately be ruled off by the 
judges, and any and all persons claiming 
title or ownership of any horse after such 
horse has run in the name of another per- 
son having peaceable and undisputed pos- 
session of same, shall be considered guilty 
of fraud, and be ruled off by the operation 
of this rule. 

Two horses in same 168. In selling sweepstakes, starters, with 
interest can start their selling prices, must be named through 

in sweepstakes. ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ 

named by the same nominator, but only 
two in the same interest can start, although 
the starting fee must be paid for all named. 
In the event of an entry running first and 
second, the winner shall be sold, and the 
surplus (if any) divided between the asso- 
ciation and third horse. 

SALES, FORFEITS AND TRANSFERS. 

Sales with engage- 169. ^Vhen a horse is sold with its engage- 
ments and liability. ments, or any part of them, the seller can 



Colorado State Racing Commission. 53 

not strike it out of any such engagements 
and he remains liable for the forfeits; but 
he shall, if compelled to pay them, be en- 
titled to a forfeit order against the pur- 
chaser. 

In all cases of sale by private treaty, 
the written acknowledgment of both 
parties that the horse was sold with the 
engagements, is necessary to entitle the 
seller or buyer to the benefit of this rule, 
and if certain engagements be specified, 
it is to be understood that those only are 
sold with the horse; but when the horse 
is sold by public auction, the advertised 
conditions of the sale are suflGlcient evi- 
dence, and if certain engagements only 
be specified it is to be understood that 
these only are sold with the horse. 

170. When a horse is sold without an en- Sale without en- 
gagement, the seller may grant or refuse gagement. 

the right to start for it, and if it does not 
start, the forfeit order shall be issued 
against him. 

171. The engagements of a horse bought or Engagements in 
claimed in a selling race pass with the selling races, 
horse to the purchaser or claimant. 

172. When a person entitled by purchase or Forfeits and 
otherwise to start for any engagement a defaults, 
horse which was entered by another per- 
son, and he is prevented by these rules 

from starting the horse without paying 
forfeits or defaults for that horse to which 



54 Colorado State Racing Commission, 

he would not otherwise be liable, he may, 
if he pays such forfeits or defaults, start 
the horse, and shall be entitled to a for- 
feit order with the name of the horse in 
respect of which they were paid, against 
the person for whom he was compelled to 
pay. 

Transfers must be 173. In case of any transfer of a horse with 
exhibited. j|-g engagements, such horse will not be 

eligible to start in any stake, unless at 
the usual time of the running of the stake, 
or prior thereto, the transfer of the horse 
and its engagement shall be exhibited 
when demanded to the Secretary of the 
Association. 

WINNINGS. 

How estimated. 174. Winnings shall include all prizes up to 
the time appointed for the start, and shall 
apply to all races in any country, and em- 
brace walking over or receiving forfeits, 
but not second and third money, or the 
value of any prize not of money or not 
paid in money. Winnings during the year 
shall be reckoned from the first of Jan- 
uary, preceding. 

Winner of a certain sum shall mean 
winner of a single race of that value, un- 
less otherwise expressed in the conditions. 

Value of races and 175. In estimating the value of a sweep- 
how estimated. stakes the winner's own stake shall be 
deducted from the amounts won, but en- 



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trance money to a purse shall not be de- 
ducted. 

176. In estimating the value of a series of of a series of 
races in which an extra sum of money is races. 

won by winning two or more of the series, 
the extra amount shall be estimated in the 
last race by which it was finally won. 

PENALTIES AND ALLOWANCES. 

177. Penalties and allowances are not cumu- Not cumulative, 
lative, unless so declared by the condi- 
tions of the race, and shall take effect at 

the time of starting, except that in over- 
night events a horse shall have only the 
allowance to which it was entitled at the 
time of entry. 

178. Penalties are obligatory. To^ry!'*'^^ obiiga- 

179. Allowance is optional as to all or any Allowances op- 
part thereof, arid in over-night events tionai. 

must be claimed at the time of entry. 

180. Allowances and extra weight in races Not allowed or in- 
on the flat shall not be allowed or in- curred in respect to 
curred in respect to matches, private ^haJgs^^etc ^^^ ^ 
sweepstakes, steeplechases or hurdle 



181. Where winners of selling races are ex- As to selling races, 
empted from penalties, only such horses 

as have run to be sold shall be entitled to 
the exemption. 

182. Allowances to the produce of untried Allowances in pro- 
horses shall be claimed before the expira- "^"^^ races. 



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tion of the time for naming, and shall not 
be lost by winning after that time. 

Allowance not 183. No horse shall receive allowance of 

r^ac°e'^.^'^ ^°' ^^^^^"^ weight nor be relieved from extra weight 

for having been beaten in one or more 
races, but this rule shall not prohibit 
maiden allowances or allowances to horses 
that have not won a race within a specified 
period or a race of a specified value. 

ENGAGEMENT OF EMPLOYES. 

Jockey contracts. 184. No person shall be allowed to hold a 
contract on a jockey or apprentice unless 
he be in control or possession of such a 
stable of horses as would, in the opinion 
of the judges of the meeting where the 
jockey or aprentice makes application for 
license, warrant the employment of a con- 
tract jockey or apprentice. 

Engagements of 185. Owners and trainers employing riders, 

jockeys and stable grooms, or attendants shall make their 

employes. i. ^^ . -x- , . , , 

contracts m writmg, properly signed and 

witnessed, whenever the time covered by 
the contract exceeds thirty days. Any per- 
son who shall entice or attempt to entice 
away from an employer a rider, groom, or 
attendant who is under contract, may be 
fined or ruled off. 

Contracts which 186. No contract shall be binding under these 
give employer in- ^.^j^^^ ^^^ provision of which gives to the 

terest in earnings 

of jockey, not bind- employer any interest whatever in the 

ing. earnings of a jockey. Any employer or 



Colorado State Racing Commission. 57 

jockey misrepresenting the terms of a con- 
tract shall be fined, suspended or ruled off. 

187. In the absence of a written agreement, How terminated, 
the engagement of a jockey, groom or at- 
tendant terminates with the last day of 

each month. If a jockey, groom or at- 
tendant be prevented from riding or serv- 
ice by suspension for fraudulent practices 
or other misconduct, any person who has 
retained or employed him may cancel the 
contract or retainer. If any owner or 
trainer be prevented from running or train- 
ing by suspension for fraudulent practices 
or other misconduct, the rider, groom or 
attendant may cancel the contract or re- 
tainer. 

188. When an owner or trainer shall dis- Discharge, 
charge a rider, groom or attendant, he 

shall give him a written statement, set- 
ting forth the cause and reason for the 
discharge. Refusing to do so, he shall 
be fined or suspended; and 

189. Any owner or trainer who shall employ Preventing rider 
a rider for the purpose of preventing him from riding for 
from riding for other parties in the same another. 

race, may be fined, suspended or ruled off. 
And any rider or employe prevented 
thereby from obtaining employment shall 
have the right of apeal to the judges, who 
may authorize an engagement. 

190. No jockey under contract of employ- Jockey must not 

ment shall ride for any person other than '''^^ outside mounts 

his contract employer in any race where ^^^''^ employer 

n3s 3 sxsrxcri 



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a horse is entered which is owned or 
trained by his contract employer. 

Jockey must have 191. If a jockey rides, or agrees to ride, a 
race without the consent of the owner or 
trainer to whom he is under written con- 
tract, he may be fined or suspended, or 
the owner or trainer for whom he agreed 
to ride or rode, may be fined or suspended. 

192. If a jocliey engaged for a certain race, 
or for a specified time, refuses to fulfill 
an engagement, the judges shall fine or 
suspend him. 

193. If a jockey should own in whole or in 
part a race horse in training, he shall not 
be permitted to ride any horse other than 
his own. 

Contracts with 194. Any person, not being an owner or 

jockey or appren- trainer in good standing, contracting with 

tice must be held . ,. • i v. n 

by owner in good ^^^ managing an apprentice or jockey, shall 

standing. be barred from all privileges or ruled off. 



employer's consent 
to ride. 



Jockeys must ful- 
fill engagements. 



When owners not 
allowed to ride. 



CORRUPT PRACTICES. 

Foul riding. 195 jf the judges are satisfied that a race 

was ridden corruptly, or that the jockey 
was instructed or induced to so ride, all 
persons guilty of complicity in the offense 
shall be ruled off the course. 

Corrupt and fraud- 196. If a person corruptly give or offer 
ulent practices. money, share in a bet, or other benefit to 

any person having official duties in rela- 
tion to a race, or to any jockey; or 



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If any person having official duties in 
relation to a race, or any jockey corruptly 
accept or offer to accept money, share in 
a bet, or other benefit; or 

If any person willfully enter or cause 
to be entered, or to start for any race a 
horse which he knows to be disqualified; 
or 

If any person fraudulently offer or re- Consideration, 
ceive any amount of money for declaring 
an entry out of a purse or stake; or 

If any person, without making it known Part owner with or 
to the officials, is a part owner or acts as trainer for jockey, 
trainer of any horse in which a jockey 
possesses any interest, or who makes any Betting for jockey, 
bet with or on behalf of any jockey, un- 
less on a horse he is riding; or who offers 
or makes, except through his employer, or 
the owner or trainer of the horse ridden, 
a jockey any present, money or other re- 
ward, in connection with his riding of any 
race; 

If any person be guilty of any other 
corrupt or fraudulent practices on the turf 
in this or any other country; then such 
person so offending shall be ruled off the 
course. 

197. Touts, when known, shall be barred Touts, 
from all privileges. 

198. If any person withdraw or sell his horse Horses cannot be 
(if by the sale the horse is withdrawn) ^itiidrawn without 
during the pendency of a race of heats, Permission. 



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Shoeing. 



without permission of the judges, he shall 
be ruled off. 

199. A horse shall not be qualified to start 
in a race shod with ordinary or training 
shoes. If any person starts a horse so 
shod, he and the horse may be ruled off. 
Bar plates may be used by the consent of 
the judges. 



Officers or Execu- 200, 
tive Committee and 
their powers. 
See Rule 20. 



Decorum, profane 
language, disturb- 
ing peace. 



201 



REGULATION OF THE COURSE. 

The officers or the Executive Committee 
shall have power to postpone races, and to 
fine, suspend, rule off or expel, at their 
discretion, any person for misbehavior or 
for violation of these rules or of any reg- 
ulation they may establish, not inconsist- 
ent herewith; and 

To suspend or exclude from the stands 
and grounds improper and objectionable 
characters, and persons who have been 
ruled off for corrupt practices on the turf 
in any country, so long as the sentence 
against such person remains in force. 

They shall have a discretionary power 
to warn any person off the premises in 
the occupation of the Association, and in 
case of such notice being disregarded, to 
enforce them by proper orders. 

If any owner, trainer, jockey or attend- 
ant or any person use improper language 
to the racing officials, or if any person is 
guilty of using profane or indecent lan- 
guage, carrying or exhibiting a deadly 



Colorado State Racixg Commission. 61 

weapon, or otherwise disturbing the peace 
on any race track enclosure, he shall be 
either fined, suspended or ruled off, 

202. Craps and all other species of gambling craps and other 
games, by trainers, jockeys, attendants or gambling games 
any other person are positively forbidden P'^o^ibited. 
about the stables and grounds of the va- 
rious Associations governed by these rules. 

The person so offending may be suspended 
or ruled off. 

203. When there is no specified penalty for General powers of 
violation of the Racing Rules, or of the Officers, 
regulations of the course, the Officers or 

judges shall have power to fine, suspend, 
expel from or rule off the course. If any 
case occur which is not, or which is al- 
ledged not to be provided for by these 
Rules, it shall be determined by them in 
such manner as they think just and con- 
formable to the usage of the turf. 

204. Jockeys, grooms, and stable boys are Betting grounds, 
positively forbidden in or around grand 

stand. 



THE JUDGES, THEIR DUTIES AND 
POWERS. 

205. The judge or judges shall decide which 

horse wins, and assign their respective Powers and duties 
places in the race to as many horses as °^ Judges, 
they think proper, except when in run- 
ning heats it is necessary to place all the 



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Complaints. 



Judges may put up 207 
jockeys when fraud 
is suspected. 



May place horse in 
charge of trainer. 



Patrol judges. 



Distance judges. 



horses. They shall determine all ques- 
tions relative to the race, which can be 
decided within a reasonable time after the 
finish, and shall then assign the places 
to the horses, subject to objections they 
have not decided. When the judges differ, 
the majority shall govern. 

206. The judges must take notice of corrupt 
riding and other questionable transactions 
on the turf. Complaints thereof can be 
made by any person; but on the failure of 
the complainant to substantiate the charge, 
the judges may fine, suspend or rule him 
off. 

The judges, in their discretion, where 
fraud is suspected, shall have the right 
to put upon a horse a rider selected by 
them, and shall have the right to place 
the horse in charge of a trainer they may 
select. Any owner or trainer who refuses 
to permit a rider or trainer to be changed 
as herein provided, and any rider or trainer 
who refuses to take charge of or ride a 
horse on the order of the judges, shall be 
ruled off. 

208. The judges may appoint patrol judges, 
whose duty it shall be to observe the race 
from points designated to them, and to 
report to the judges immediately after the 
heat, or race. 

209. When running heats, the distance judge 
and his assistants shall occupy a stand 



Colorado State Racing Commission. 63 

at the proper distance, and at the termina- 
tion of each heat report to the judges any- 
horse or horses that have been distanced. 

210. The functions of the judges of a race When function of 
cease when they determine the places of judges cease, 
the horses in the race, subject to objec- 
tions they have not decided, and there- 
after the determination of all matters af- 
fecting the race devolves on the officers 

of the Association. 

211. All Associations racing under a license Starting judge, 
issued by the State Racing Commission 

shall provide a starting judge, who shall 
report to the judges all infractions of the 
Rules committed by the starter, his as- 
sistants, the jockeys and others, while the 
horses are at the post. 

TIMERS. 

212. There shall be one or more timers, not Timers, 
to exceed three, who shall occupy the 
Timers' Stand, and declare the official 

time of the race, and no one else shall 
be allowed therein during the race. 

RACING SECRETARY. 

213. The Racing Secretary or his assistant Secretary or as- 
shall attend the judges during each race; sistant must attend 

he shall discharge all the duties, whether J""^^^,^ ^""^ ^^^'^ 

records, 
expressed or implied, required by the Rac- 
ing Rules, and report to the officers or the 
judges, as the case may demand, all vio- 



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lations of these rules, or of the regulations 
of the course coming under his notice; he 
shall keep a complete record of all races, 
and at the close of each meeting make a 
report of the races to the officers; he shall 
receive all stakes, forfeits, entrance money, 
arrears and fines, and pay over all moneys 
so collected by him to such officers or 
persons as may be entitled to receive the 
same. 



Superintendent. 



Foreign book or 
gambling devices 
prohibited. 



TRACK SUPERINTENDENT. 

214. It shall be the duty of the Superintend- 
ent to assign to applicants such stables 
as he may think proper, to be occupied 
only by horses in preparation for racing. 
He shall see that the course is kept in 
order at all proper times for training and 
racing, and exercise such general control 
over it as may be necessary to protect 
its condition and the rights of all parties 
using it. He shall have the general au- 
thority to preserve order and prevent im- 
proper conduct upon the course and 
grounds therewith, and shall decide all 
conflicting claims of privileges between 
parties occupying them for any purpose. 

215. No association or corporation giving a 
race meeting under a license issued by the 
State Racing Commission shall permit bets 
to be made on or near the grounds of said 
association's or corporation's tracks on any 
race run outside of said grounds, and no 



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foreign book or gambling device of any 
kind shall be permitted on said grounds. 

STEEPLECHASES AND HURDLE 
RACES. 

216. No steeplechase or hurdle race shall be Distance not less 
of less distance than one mile. *^^a" °"e mile. 



Weight, highest 
and lowest. 



217. No horse shall carry less than 125 
pounds nor more than 175 pounds in any 
steeplechase or hurdle race, but mares and 
geldings shall be entitled to their sex 
allowance in all races. 

No horse, four years old or upwards, 
after having won his first steeplechase or 
hurdle race, shall be allowed to carry less 
than 135 pounds. 

218. A horse losing his jockey during the race Horse losing 
may be remounted or any other person may jockey, 
ride such horse to the finish of the race, 
provided, however, such person weighs not 

less than the proper weight to be carried 
by such horse, and in such cases no horse 
shall be disqualified for over-weight. 

219. In a steeplechase or hurdle race a dead 
heat shall not be run over, but the money 
shall be divided and each horse so dividing 
shall be considered to have won only the 
share of the money it received. 

220. The term "winning horse" with refer- 
ence to the liability to carry extra weight, definition of. 
or to be excluded from the race, shall apply 

only to winners of hurdle or steeplechase 



Dead heat, not 
run off. 



Winning horse, 



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steeplechase and 
jumps. 



Course must be 
flagged. 



Jumping wing. 



Crosses and 
jostles. 



Horse leaving 
course. 



races of the value of one hundred dollars 
and upward, not including the winner's own 
stake. And no purse of less than three 
hundred and fifty dollars shall be given by 
any track running under these rules, for 
any steeplechase or hurdle race. 

221. In steeplechases there shall be not less 
than six jumps to each mile, and no jump 
shall be less than three feet and six inches 
high, except water jumps. 

222. The course shall be properly staked and 
flagged, and, after being once run over, 
should any change be made in such course, 
notice of same shall be given to every 
jockey riding in such race. 

223. In steeplechases no horse shall be dis- 
qualified for having jumped a wing, it being 
the highest part of the jump. 

224. If any horse crosses, jostles, or in any 
way impedes another horse, the judges 
shall, if they believe the same was inten- 
tional, or done for fraudulent purposes, 
disqualify such horse, and either fine or 
suspend the jockey, or both, or, if the 
offense justifies, may rule off either or both 
horse and jockey. 

225. Any horse leaving the course, or un- 
seating its jockey, shall immediately return 
to the place where it left it, or where it 
unseated its jockey, and from that point be 
remounted and continue to the finish. A 
horse leaving the course or unseating its 



Colorado State Racing Commission. 67 

jockey and not returning as above, shall 
be disqualified. Horses which have left 
the course, or which have been remounted, 
must finish the race within three minutes 
after the winner has passed the finishing 
post; otherwise they shall be disqualified. 

226. The course shall be properly policed and Course shall be 
patrolled, and shall be kept clear of spec- patrolled. 
tators. Any person shouting to or in any 

way assisting a horse over a jump, shall 
be fined and suspended. 

227. No hurdle race shall be of less distance Distance of hurdle 
than one mile (if a dash race), or over less '*aces. 

than four flights of hurdles, and in all 
longer races there shall be an additional 
flight of hurdles in each quarter of a mile 
or part of one. 

228. No hurdle shall be less than three feet Height of hurdles, 
six inches in height, and shall be topped 

with at least twelve inches of brush. 

229. Every hurdle shall rest on its own hot- Hurdles not to be 
torn or supports, and shall not be nailed to ^^^*' 

the fence, or pinned down to the track to 
prevent falling, or touched after being once 
thrown down. 

230. When no course is mentioned it shall be Omission of dis- 
as follows: tance. 

If three year olds, two miles. 

If four year olds, two and a half miles. 

If five year olds, three miles. 

If six year olds or upwards, four miles. 



68 Colorado State Racing Commission. 

If the horses be of different ages, the 
course shall be fixed by the age of the 
youngest. 

Dead heats. 231. Every horse running a dead heat for first 

place in a selling steeplechase or hurdle 
race shall be sold, but the price for which 
each horse is entered to be sold shall be 
increased by the difference between the 
value of the purse or stakes that would 
have gone to the winner if the race had 
been won outright by one horse. 

Age of horse 232. No horse shall run for a steeplechase or 

eligible. hurdle race unless it be three years old or 

upward. 

Making weight. 233. Jockeys shall make their weights at 
least forty-five minutes before the time of 
all hurdle and steeplechase races, and no 
jockey shall carry to exceed five pounds 
overweight, except by permission of the 
judges. No horse shall, however, be dis- 
qualified for such overweight. 

Owner, trainer or 234. Any jockey, owner or trainer accepting 
jockey accepting a ticket on any horse other than the one 

tickets. ^^ rides, owns, or trains, shall be ruled off, 

and in every case the party giving or offer- 
ing such ticket shall be ruled off. 

Rules of flat racing; 235. The rules of flat races, where they do 
when apply. not conflict with these hurdle or steeple- 

chase rules, as far as applicable, shall apply 
to steeplechase and hurdle races. 



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236. Winners or losers of steeplechases shall 
not be considered winners or losers of 
hurdle races, and vice versa. 



Winners and losers 
in steeplechase and 
hurdle races. 



237. Where there is no penalty specified for General powers 
a violation of the racing rules, or of the °^ officers, 
regulations of the course, the officers, or 
judges, as the case may be, shall have the 
power to fine not exceeding $250, suspend, 
expel from or rule off the course; and wher- 
ever power is given by these rules to fine, 
but no maximum amount of such fine is 
fixed, the officers, judges or starter, as the 
case may be, may fine not exceeding $250. 
If any case occur which is not, or which is 
alleged not to be provided for by these 
rules, it shall be determined by them in 
such manner as they think just and con- 
formable to the usage of the turf. 



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SCALE OF WEIGHTS 

TO BE CARRIED IN HURDLE RACES. 



DISTANCE 


AGE 


January 

Feb. 

March 


April 
May 
June 


July 

August 

Sept. 


October 
Nov. 
Dec. 


IMile 

1 H Miles .... 
2 Miles 


f 3 year olds 

1 :: :: 

16 " and up 
f 3 year olds 

It "■ ■■■■ 

L6 " apd up 

f 3 year olds 
J 4 " " 

is " " 

Le " and up 

f 3 year olds 
1 4 " *• 

is " " 

L6 " and up 
f 3 year olds 

\t '■■■ :: 

LG " and up 


126 
154 
161 
162 

125 
155 
162 
163 

125 
154 
163 
166 


130 
156 
163 
164 

129 
156 
163 
166 

128 
156 
164 
168 

125 
156 
164 
168 


136 
156 
166 
167 

133 
156 
165 
167 

131 
156 
165 

168 

128 
156 
165 
168 

126 
156 
166 
170 


143 
156 
166 
167 

138 
156 
165 
167 

137 
156 
165 

168 

132 


3 Miles 


154 
163 
168 


156 
165 
168 

129 


4 Miles 


154 
164 
170 


156 
166 
170 


156 
166 
170 



SCALE OF WEIGHTS 

TO BE CARRIED IN STEEPLECHASES. 



AGE 


January 

February 

March 


April 
May 
June 


July 

August 

September 


October 
November 
December 


3 year olds 

4 " " 


125 
147 
157 
168 


129 
149 
160 
170 


134 
151 
163 
172 


140 
154 


5 " " 


164 


6 " and up 


172 



INDEX 



Rule 

Abusive Language, starter not to use 129 

Accident, at post 39, 101 

Races may be run over, or over another course 35 

Age, definition of 23 

judges may require proof of 148 

limit of jockeys 121 

necessary to run in steeplechase 232 

objection on account of 15U 

All Age Race, when two-year-olds may enter 43 

Allowances, for sex 86 

fraudulent transfer to obtain 124 

in heat races 86 

in overnight event 179 

in produce races 182 

not allowed for beaten races., 183 

not allowed in match, hurdle, etc 180 

not cumulative 177 

not to favor horses of certain age 29 

on fiat not allowed in match, hurdle, etc 180 

optional 179 

Alteration, no, after entry 47 

Amendments to racing rules 8 

Appeals from ruling off 22 

Application, for racing licenses 8, 9 

for racing dates 10 

for trainers' licenses 112, 118 

for jockey licenses 112, 118 

for apprentices' licenses 114, 115, 118 

Apprentice allowance 122 

allowance for contract employer only 122 

fraudulent transfer of horse to obtain 124 

license 114, 115-117 

license evidence of employment 115 



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Rule 

Apprentice, owner not in good standing- contracting with 194 

when not required to apply for jockey license 114 

Arrears, definition of 23 

do not affect declaration fee 59 

must be lodged before 10 a. m. and paid before start 70 

Associations, not to allow wires on grounds 15 

not to furnish information to pool rooms 15 

specify system 27 

Bad Actors, horses that are 97 

Bar Plates, must have consent of judges 199 

Beaten Allowances, not permitted 183 

Betting, for jockey 196 

in foreign book 215 

grounds, jockeys, etc., barred from 204 

officials prohibited from 40 

on race not run on grounds 215 

only pari-mutuel permitted 16 

Bidding, in selling races, agi-eements as to 165 

Blinkers 94 

Book, foreign 215 

Bridle ' 90 

Catch Weight, definition of 23 

Change of Horse's Name 39 

Claiming 161 

agreements or intimidation as to 165 

payment and order of delivery 163 

Clerk of Scales, when liable for entrance money 73 

Commission, officers of 1 

duties of president 2 

duties of vice-president 3 

duties of secretary 4 

duties of treasurer 5 

office of 6 

meetings 2-6 

notice of meetings 8 

quorum 7 



Colorado State Racing Commission. 73 

Rule 

Complaints ; . . 206 

failure to substantiate 206 

for foul riding 104 

Conditions, as to maidens 36 

shall not conflict with rules, nor favor horse, etc 29 

Contracts, employer misrepresenting terms of 186 

employer must have stable of horses 184 

employer not entitled to jockey's earnings 186 

expire at end of month unless in writing 187 

Contracts, of stable employes 184, 194 

penalty for procuring breach of 185 

must be held by owner in good standing 194 

termination of 187 

when required to be in writing 185 

Corrupt Practices 196 

judges to take notice of 206 

Course, persons allowed on, during race 209 

Covering, at place of dismounting 108 

Craps, and other games prohibited 202 

Crossing or Fouling 103 

Dark, races not to be run in 38 

Dates, applications for racing 8-9 

Day, definition of 23 

Dead Heat, disqualification in 139 

division in 138 

division when owners disagree 142 

in selling races, amount added to selling price 141 

in steeplechases and hurdle races 103, 227 

not required to be run off when owners disagree 142 

not run off in steeplechases and hurdles 219 

objection to winner 150 

owners must divide in two-year-old race 136 

for second or lower place 137 

horses running 37 

when owners cannot agree 138 

when to be run off 136 

Death, of foal in produce race 64 

of subscriber ; 51 

or mistake in entry 50 



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Rule 

Deciding Heat, definition of 23, 133 

Decisions of officials final 24 

Declarations, division of fees in purse races 82 

fee in purse races 80 

fee not affected by arrears 59 

how made in sweepstakes 62 

irrevocable 76 

in sweepstakes 77 

in sweepstakes when closed 61 

in purse race 58, 78 

Declarations, money in heat races 83 

of one a declaration of all 79 

when free 81 

Declaring Out 79 

fraudulently receiving money for 178 

Decorum 183 

Defaults and forfeits 154 

Definitions 23-27 

Delivery, of horse sold or claimed in selling race 145 

refusal to make 146 

Description of horse in entry 47 

Devices for dissemination of information 15 

Disagreement of owners, not compelled to run off 134 

Discharge of employe 170 

Dismount, permission to Ill 

Disqualification, extent of 105 

in dead heats 121 

in heat races 117 

transfer to avoid 84 

Distance, definition of 115 

in heat races , 115 

judges 213 

of races how regulated 30 

omission of in steeplechase 212 

wrong, race run over 34 

Distanced, how money goes when field is 83 

when a horse is 114 

when objection sustained heat winner is 129 



Colorado State Racing Commission. 75 

Rule 

Division, in selling races " 123 

in dead heats 120 

when owners disagree 121 

Dress of jockeys 87 

Drugs, use of prohibited 19 

Duration of IVleeting 23 

Eligibility how determined 46 

Emergency Rules where no penalty is specified 8, 185 

Employe, see Employer 

prohibited on betting grounds 186 

Employer, discharge by 170 

how to make contracts 167 

misrepresenting terms of contract 168 

qualifications of to employ jockey 166 

termination of contract 169 

to have no interest in earnings of jockey 168 

Engagements, forfeits and defaults 154 

of horse claimed or sold in selling race 153 

of jockeys and stable employes 166-194 

sales with 151 

sales without 152 

transfer must be exhibited at entry 155 

Entered, a horse must be 46 

Entrance arrears to be paid before starting 66, 67 

free unless otherwise stipulated 55 

money, on death or accident 50 

money, person entering liable for 49 

money, when Clerk of Scales liable for 68 

money, when goes to winner 54, 83 

when fee must accompany entry 55 

Entry, by husband and wife 52 

death, or mistake in 50 

description of horse must be given in 47 

effect of when made by expelled person 17 

how made in produce race, and when void 59 

how made in purse race 50 

how made in stake 58 

how made in sweepstakes 57 

in purse races four to enter and start 28 



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Rule 

Entry, in sweepstakes, not revocable 62 

joint 48 

may be refused for inconsistent racing 42 

may be transferred or refused 25 

miscarrying 60 

no alteration of, after entry 47 

not to become void on death of maker .. 51 

objection on account of, when made 132 

of disqualified horse 196 

precedence of 52 

when closed 51 

when closed in sweepstakes 56 

Equipment, no one to help jockey remove 102 

to be removed before covering horse 103 

Excused, when horse can be 39 

Executive Committee, powers of 200 

Extra Weight, on flat and in hurdle races 180 

Feather Weight, definition of 23 

Fee for License 11 

Final Appeal 22 

Fines, starter to report 127 

paid to treasurer 128 

Flat Race, definition of 23 

Foreign Book 215 

Forfeits, and defaults 66, 172 

liability for in produce race 66 

no entry from husband or wife while either in list of 52 

on death or accident 50 

person entering liable for 49 

subscriber and transferee both liable 66 

transfer of horse to avoid payment of 84 

when go to winner 54 

Form of License 11 

Fouling 103 

complaint of 104 

Fraud, objection on account of, when made 150 

person ruled off by other turf authorities for 20 



Colorado State Racing Commission. 77 

Rule 

Fraudulent Transfer of horse 124 

Fraudulent Winnings 21 

Free Handicap, definition of 23 

Gambling, foreign devices prohibited 215 

games prohibited 202 

Games, gambling prohibited 17, 202 

Grooms, prohibited in or around grandstand 204 

Guaranteed Race, definition of 23 

Handicap, definition of 23 

definition of free 23 

definition of owners 23 

declarations in 79 

Harness, Rules 26 

Heat Races, distance 133 

disqualification in 135 

division of money when winner distances field 83 

only one horse in same interest to start 131 

withdrawal of horses in 198 

Heats, dead (see Dead Heats) 37, 136, 142 

position of winners of 98 

running of 98, 135 

time between 134 

Heavy Welter Weight, definition of 23 

Hood, must be included in weight 94 

Horse, age of in hurdle races 232 

change of name 44 

definition of 23 

expelled 20 

entering or starting disqualified 196 

mortgaged 45, 167 

must be starter unless declared out 58 

must be named 44 

must exhibit number 74 

must start after number has been exhibited 75 

to be ridden out 44 

Hurdle Races, age of horse 232 

amount of purse required to be given 220 

dead heats 231 



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Rule 

Hurdle Races, dead heats not run off 219 

distance of 216, 227 

horse leaving the course 225 

horse losing jockey 218 

omission of distance 230 

rules of flat courses, when applied 235 

scale of weights 237 

weights, highest and lowest 217 

winners and losers of, not on flat 33, 237 

winning horse 220 

Hurdles, height of.... 228 

not to be fast 229 

Husband or Wife, entry of 52 

Inconsistent Racing, entry may be refused for 42 

Information, racing, not to be furnished to pool rooms 14, 15 

Jockeys, accepting corrupt offer 196 

accepting ticket on horse 234 

age and weight limit 121 

application for license 112, 118 

Jockeys, betting for 196 

contracts 184-194 

contracts giving employer interest in earnings not binding. . 186 

contract, how terminated 187 

discharge of 188 

dress of 92 

employer to have no interest in earnings of 186 

employing to prevent from riding 189 

engagements 185 

fee, when Clerk of Scales liable for 73 

fee for license 117 

foul riding 195 

horse losing, in steeplechase 218 

horse not ridden by licensed jockey 116 

horse to be started by 100 

losing mounts must be paid 89 

making present or corrupt offer to 196 



Colorado State Racixg Commission. 79 

Rule 

Jockeys, making- weight in hurdles and steeplechases 233 

must fulfill contracts 192 

must have employer's consent to ride for others 191 

must have permission to dismount Ill 

must not touch other person or thing before weighing out.. Ill 

must procure license 112 

not allowed in or around grandstand 204 

not to be assisted in removing equipment 107 

not to ride for others when employer has starter 190 

numbers 93 

overweight 87 

owners not in good standing contracting with 194 

penalty for pointing out path to 102 

persons allowed to hold contracts on 184 

prohibited in or around grandstand 201 

refusing to ride when ordered by judges 207 

same to ride in running off dead heat 140 

short of weight 110 

suspension of by starter 126 

to start horse without assistance or interference 102 

valets, to be furnished by Association 91 

weighing in 106 

weighing out 88 

weight limit 87 

when an owner not allowed to ride other horses 193 

Jockeys, when may be removed or changed by judges 207 

when may dismount 100, 101 

when not allowed to ride 190, 191, 193 

Joint subscriptions and entries 48 

Judges, distance 209 

may place horse in charge of other trainer 207 

may put up jockey when fraud is suspected 207 

may require proof of age of horse 148 

must take notice of corrupt riding and practices 206 

patrol 208 

powers and duties of 2u5 

starting 211 

when functions cease 210 

Jumps 221 



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Rule 

Language, using improper, to officials 204 

indecent and profane 204 

Leading Horse, entitled to track 103 

Length of Races 30 

two year old 32 

Liability for stakes and forfeits 49 

application for 9 

License, apprentice 114, 115-117 

boy under age or weight 121 

fee for 11, 117 

for not more than one year 117 

form of 11 

how recommended 118 

jockeys 112, 113-117 

racing associations 9, 10-11 

revocation of 119, 120 

starter 124 

trainers 112, 113-117 

Maidens, definition of 23 

conditions to 36 

Martingale 94 

Match, definition of 23 

allowance in 180 

Meeting, duration of 23 

of a commission 2-6 

Minimum Weights 86 

Miscarrying Entries 65 

Mistake in entry 50 

M oney, entrance goes to winner 22 

Month, definition of 23 

Mortgage Horses, entry prohibited in selling race, unless, etc... 45, 167 

Name, and address must be given in making entry... 63 

change of 44 

horses must have 44 

of officers of racing associations 9 

of racing officials 9 

sacrilegious or blasphemous 53 

Nominator, death of, effect on entry 81 

definition of 23 



Colorado State Racing Commission. 81 

Rule 

Notice of Meetings of commission * 

Number, jockeys ^^ 

must be exhibited '^^ 

Objections, after sale in selling race 157 

before sale in selling race 1^^ 

by whom made 

effect of, if valid 1^"^ 

expenses of, how paid 1^^ 

frivolous 

how made 1^^ 

in case of dead heat 1^^ 

in selling races l^^' 1^^ 

judges with or without, may order examination as to age... 148 

money held until decision is rendered 152 

on account of failure to register ownership 146 

on account of fraud, when to be made 150 

on account of unlicensed trainer or jockey 146 

penalties attach to both horses claiming race 153 

recovery of money paid before 151 

to entry in case of fraud 150 

to matters occurring in races 145 

to whom made 1"** 

when made 143, 145, 146, 150 

who decides 144 

withdrawal of 144 

Officers, general powers of 200, 203 

using improper language to 201 

Officials, corruptly accepting money, etc 196 

corruptly offering or giving money, etc., to 196 

decision final 24 

general powers of 203 

must not be interested in race 40 

not to act until appointment approved by commission 9 

when association may provide temporary 9 

Overnight Event, allowance must be claimed at entry 161 

definition of 23 

eligibility in 46 

Overweiglit ^"^ 

in steeplechases 233 



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Rule 

Owner, accepting ticket on horse 234 

definition of 23 

not to be an official 40 

refusing to permit judges to change jockey or trainer 207 

Owner's Handicap, definition of 23 

Ownership, change of, must be registered 55 

must be registered before entering 55 

proof of may be demanded 85 

Pari-iVlutuels 16 

Path, penalty for pointing out to jockey 102 

Patron, judges 208 

steeplechase courses shall have 226 

Peace, breach of .' 201 

Penalties 177 

as to dead heats 37 

as to selling races 181 

attach to both horses pending objection 163 

obligatory 178 

Person, who allowed on course during races 96 

expelled or ruled off 20, 280 

Place, definition of 23 

horses must be ridden out for 41 

Placed, how horses are in deciding heats 135 

Pool Rooms, information to, prohibited 14, 15 

Position, at post, determined by lot 57, 97 

of horse when objection sustained 147 

of winners of heat 98 

Post, accident at 101 

horses must be prompt at 95 

Postponement of races 38 

Post Positions 57 

Post Race, definition of 23 

President of Commission, duties of 2 

Private Sweepstakes, definition of 23 

Produce Race, allowances in.. 180 

definition of 23 

entries in, when void 64 

subscriber and transferee, when liable for forfeits in 66 



Colorado State Racing Commission. 83 

Rule 

Purse Races, declarations in 78 

four to enter and start 28 

starters to be determined by lot 57 

when split 57 

Quorum of commission 7 

Race, conditions of, not to conflict with rules 29 

'definition of 23 

length of 30 

may be doubled up 38 

not to be run in the dark 38 

postponement of 38 

report of 13 

split 57 

under what system 27 

value of series of races 176 

Racing Days 12 

Racing Dates, applications for 9, 10 

Racing License, applications for 9,10 

Racing Officials, not to act until appointment approved 9 

when association may provide temporary 9 

Racing Secretary, must attend judges 213 

must report 13 

must keep list of eliminated starters 57 

pay fines to treasurer 128 

Refusal of Entry, for inconsistent racing 42 

in discretion of judges 28 

Registered, horses must be 44 

names of horses must be 55 

Riding, careless 103 

complaints of foul 104 

Ruled Off, for fraud, winnings to be returned 21 

for fraud by other turf authority 20 

persons cannot enter or run horse 20 

persons under any ban not allowed on tracks 200 

Rules, emergency 8, 126, 203 

how changed or amended 8 

harness rules 26 

when rules of association to govern 8 



84 Colorado State Racing Commission. 

Rule 

Sacrilegious Names 53 

Sales, with engagements 169 

without engagements 170 

Same Interest, heat races 131 

in selling races 162 

in selling sweepstakes 168 

Secretary of Commission, duties of 4 

racing, must attend judges 213 

Selling Races, agreements as to bidding or claiming in 165 

claiming in 161 

definition of 23 

division in dead heats 141 

division of run-up money 160 

engagements pass with horse bought or claimed in 171 

failure to pay for horse bought or claimed in 166 

intimidation as to bidding or claiming in 165 

liens on horses must be made known at time of entry... 45, 167 

objections in 156, 159 

only one horse in same interest to start in 162 

payment and order of delivery 163 

penalties in 181 

refusal to deliver horse bought or claimed in 164 

when liability to be sold ends 159 

when owners disagree as to division 142 

winner to be sold 160 

Scale of Weights 86, 237 

Shoeing 199 

Short of Weight, two pounds disqualifies 109 

Speed Program, file same 27 

Split Races, starters to be determined by lot 57 

Stable Names not permitted 55 

Stake, liability for on death or accident : 50 

person entering liable for 49 

Stakes, definition of 23 

entrance money, when goes to winner 54 

how entry made in 63 

may be declared off or run on another course 35 

Start, entrance money not returned on failure of horse to 50 

how made 100, 125, 130 



Colorado State Racing Commission, 85 

Rule 

Start, must start after number exhibited 75 

not to be delaj^ed by unruly horse 92 

rider to start horse without aid or interference 102 

walk-up 125 

Starter, authority of 125 

definition of 23 

horses in the hands of 99 

horse must be, unless declared out 58 

horse not to become until, etc To 

in sweepstakes 69 

license for 124 

may appoint assistants • 129 

must pay entrance though excused frohi starting 71 

not to carry whip, stick or rod 129 

not to strike jockey or horse at post 129 

not to use abusive language 129 

to report fines and suspensions 127 

when a horse becomes a 23 

when jockey may be fined or suspended by 126 

Starters, four or more required in purse races 28 

number in same interest allowed in heat races 131 

number in same interest allowed in selling races 162 

number in same interest allowed in selling sweepstakes.... 168 

when to be determined by lot 57 

Starting, money must be paid before 70 

Steeplechase, age of horses eligible in 232 

allowances on flat not allowed in 180 

course must be flagged 222 

course mjust be patrolled 226 

dead heats in 231 

dead heats not run off 219 

distance 216, 227 

horse crossing or jostling another 224 

horse leaving course 225 

horse losing jockey 218 

jumps 221 

jumping wings 223 

minimum amount of purse 220 

owner or jockey accepting ticket on horse in 234 



86 Colorado State Racixg Commission. 

Rule 

Steeplechase, rules of flat races apply when not in conflict 235 

scale of weights 237 

weights, highest and lowest 217 

winning horse 220 

winners and losers of 33,236 

Subscriber, death of, effect on entry 81 

liable for forfeits 66 

Subscriptions, joint 48 

to sweepstakes not revocable 67 

transferable 68 

Superintendent, track 214 

Suspension, of jockey by starter (cannot ride for any one) 126 

starter to report 127 

Sweepstakes, declarations in 77 

definition of 23 

definition of private ' 23 

entries, how made 62 

entries, not revocable 67 

entries, when close 61 

entries, when transferable 68 

two in same interest may start in selling 168 

value of and how estimated 175 

when a horse becomes a starter in 69 

System, under what 27 

Ti mers 212 

Touts 197 

Trainers 112 

dilatory, to be fined 95 

fee for license 117 

license 112, 113 

of horse owned in part by jockey 196 

refusal to take charge of horse when ordered to by judges. . 207 

starting horse trained by unlicensed 116 

when may be changed by judges 207 

Transfer, of entries 25 

of horse and engagements must be exhibited at entry 173 

to avoid forfeits or disqualification 84 

to obtain apprentice allowance fraudulent 123 



Colorado State Racing Commission. 87 

Rule 

Transferee, liable for forfeits, except, etc 66 

Turf, corrupt practices on 196, 200 

Two- Year-Old, when can compete in all-age races 43 

Untried Horse, definition of 23 

Valets for jockeys to be furnished by associations 91 

Value of sweepstakes, how estimated 175 

of series of races 176 

Veterinary, to be employed by associations 18 

Vice-President, duties of 3 

Vicious Animal, where placed 97 

Walkover, definition of 23 

compensation for 31 

Warning Off 200 

Weighing In 90, lu6 

carelessness of jockey 110 

Weighing Out 88, 90 

caielessness of jockey 110 

jockey fee to be paid before 89 

Weight, limit of jockeys 87, 121 

making, in steeplechases 233 

over 87 

over, in steeplechases 233 

over, does not disqualify 87, 233 

short, two pounds disqualifies 109 

Weight for Age, definition of 23 

Weights, in steeplechases and hurdle races 217 

minimum 86 

not to favor horses of a certain age 29 

race run over when run at wrong 34 

scale of weights for age 86 

scale of weights in hurdles and steeplechases 237 

table of weights for age 86 

three-year-olds 86 

two-year-olds 86 

Welter Weight, definition of 23 

Whips, etc 90 



88 Colorado State Racing Commission. 

Rule 
Wife or husband, no entry received from, when either in forfeit 

list 52 

Winning Horse, definition of in steeplechases 220 

Winners, position of heat 98 

Winnings, fraudulent 21 

how estimated 174 

Wires, telegraph and telephone not allowed on grounds 15 

Witfidrawing horse in heat race 198 

Wrong Distance, race to be run over when run at.' 34 

Wrong Weight, race to be run over when run at 34 

Year, definition of 23 



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